On July 3, 2006, Leonid Kuznetsov was appointed Head of Ural Regional Center of Svyas-Bank Joint Stock Commercial Bank. Mr Kuznetsov will have to deal with the implementation of the Bank’s network developing policies as well as with the control over and providing for the realization of the business plans of the company’s subsidiaries in Chelyabinsk and Yekaerinburg, reports the bank’s spokesperson.

Prior to this appointment, Mr Kuznetsov was employed in the capacity of Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of Russian Federation President in Ural Federal District