Vladimir Putin appointed a new composition of the supervisory board of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, it included the head of the presidential administration Anton Vino, the chairman of the central bank Elvira Neviolina, the deputy prime minister Alexander Novak, the deputy head of the presidential administration Maxim Orshkin, the minister of economic development Maxim Rashnikov and the minister of finance Anton Siluanov. Earlier, the "New York Times" reported that the United States is considering lifting the sanctions on RDIF. Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushkov later confirmed that Moscow and Washington were discussing this issue.