MOSCOW, Apr 26 The new head of the Federal Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund, Ilya Balanin, has a reputation as a strong economist , he is well aware of both the regional specifics and the peculiarities of the work of the country's subjects with the federal center, RIA Novosti was told by the rector of the Yaroslavl State Medical University Alexander Khokhlov. Earlier, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin appointed Balanin as the new chairman of the Federal Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund. Since September 2016, Balanin has been Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Yaroslavl Region, in 2019 he took the post of Deputy Governor — Head of the Administration of the Governor of the Yaroslavl Region. In February 2022, he was appointed Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation.» Balanin has a reputation as a strong economist. in the region, he oversaw finance, part of the social sphere, higher education. He knows both regional specifics and the peculiarities of interaction between regions and the federal center,» Khokhlov said. He noted that Balanin has built a wide network of horizontal ties with colleagues from other regions, which will contribute to building constructive interaction, and this is very important in the work of the MHIF. 
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