Putin included several key figures in the economic bloc on the supervisory board of the Russian Direct Investment Fund. The council included Anton Vaino, Elvira Neviolina, Alexander Novak, Maxim Orshkin, Maxim Rashnikov and Anton Siluanov. This vehicle significantly strengthens RDIF's coordination with the government, the Bank of Russia and the Presidential Administration. For the fund, this means a closer connection between investment decisions and the country's general economic policy.