At the time Shokhin was personal economic advisor to the Soviet Foreign Minister  Shevardnadze.

Being one of the "Chicago Boys" who brought about the Russian economic reforms he will become the First Vice Premier of Russia at a time when President Yeltsin himself was also the "acting Premier" ...

Currently Alexander Shokhin chairs the

Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs  (R S P P)

which is known as  "the Russian Oligarchs' Club" more>>>