The American research organization Cato Institute fired Andrei Illarionov, a senior researcher and former adviser to Vladimir Putin, due to his post about the storming of the Capitol. He himself announced this in his blog in "

The publication concerned the riots at the US Capitol, which took place on January 6. Illarionov called the rallies outside the Congress building peaceful, and his storming a " He also wrote that the outcome of the US presidential election was mixed..

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Illarionov said that when he was invited to work at the Institute, they said that the organization "

“Now this approach has changed. As I have said more than once, freedom of speech is the foundation, the starting point, of a free society, ”he concluded..

The Institute itself has not yet commented on Illarionov's dismissal.

The Cato Institute tested Illarionov's post because it " On January 14, on the website of the Institute, Illarionov was already named a "

In 2000-2005, Illarionov was an adviser to President Vladimir Putin on economic issues.