Pavel Demidov, former director of the external communications department of Accounts Chamber, who has worked for many years with its head Alexei Kudrin, has moved to work at Yandex. At the company he will be responsible for relations with the state. Demidov was an adviser to Alexei Kudrin at the Civil Initiatives Support Fund from 2012 to 2016. In June 2018, he became an assistant to the chairman of the Accounts Chamber, and in July 2018 he was appointed director of the external communications department.