Is it true that Elvira Nabiullina studied at Yale University?

On July 8, 2025, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation announced a prestigious American university “unwanted” organization. Soon after this, information was spreading on social networks that the chairman of the Russian Central Bank studied there. We checked the reliability of such publications.

Russian legislation implies that the cooperation of citizens of the country with an organization declared "undesirable", prohibited and can lead to punishment up to imprisonment. Moreover definition cooperation in the Criminal Code is given as blurred as possible, and in some cases the law can have Return. “The head of the Central Bank of Nabiullin turned out to be a criminal. This became clear after Yale’s recognition as an unwanted organization. Nabiullina studied at Yale University and is listed among 2007 graduates, ”the Telegram channel wrote on July 8Read"(74,000 views at the time of writing this analysis). Similar posts appeared in other channels, among which "Banks, money, two offshores"(106,000 views),"The economist"(105,000),"Bankst"(85,000),"The city of Zhupov"(82 000) and others.

Motivating his decision to declare Yale University “undesirable” organization, Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation noted: “The school of international relations operates on the basis of the university, in which students for global leadership are prepared according to the scholarship program, and in fact, the training of opposition leaders of foreign states. Among the Russian graduates of the program, managers and activists of the extremist organization "Fund for the fight against corruption", who used knowledge and technology gained in the Russian Federation to escalate protest activity in the Russian Federation. "

Apparently, the department has in mind the Yale World Fellows program. About her launch was announced in 2001. “We hope that a large number of influential people around the world will be associated with Yel,” - Explained The purpose of the program of the University Rector Richard Levin. The first issue took place in 2002. 

Every year, people employed in public administration, business, media or public projects and located “in the early or middle stage” of their career are selected to participate on the program on a competitive basis. Training lasts Four months - From mid -August to mid -December. Candidates who have passed the selection, participate In weekly seminars, including invited experts, protrude With reports, they can go to any classes at Yale University, develop their own projects, exchange experience with colleagues, receive consultations from teachers and become mentors for students. All this time, the program participants should be at Yale University - they Provided School and free housing for the entire learning time.

According to the website of the program, in a quarter century it passed Six Russians. The most famous of them is the politician and founder of the Corruption Fund Alexei Navalny. Also at Yale World Fellows participated by his associates Leonid Volkov and Anna Biryukova. Elvira Nabiullina is absent in the base of graduates.

Nevertheless, Nabiullina really entered this program and in May 2007 I got one 18 people who have passed the competition for training. In her brief biography, the university’s press release said: “Nabiullina deals with structural and economic reforms in Russia at the highest level. She led the development of politics as part of the Russian chairmanship in the Big Eight in 2006, and previously held the position of First Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade. ” However, in the list program participants, which was published after the start of classes, as well as on the list graduates of 2007 Nabiullina is gone.

September 24, 2007, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced The composition of the new government. The Ministry of Economic Development in it was headed by Nabiullina, who at this point should already be in the American city of New Hive, where the Campus of Yale University is located. Obviously, when she was discussing the possibility of this appointment, the official decided to refuse to participate in Yale World Fellows - it was hardly possible to combine a ministerial position with a four -month departure. Transfer your training the next year, like it did selected for participation in the program simultaneously With Nabiullina, Ukrainian deputy Andrei Shevchenko, she would also not be able to - the post of minister in one of the largest economies in the world could no longer be called an early or average step in his career.

In 2017, Nabiullina (by that time, the chairman of the Central Bank) Meet With the students of the MBA University of Yale, who came to Russia. Other relationships with Yel after refusing to participate in Yale World Fellows in her biography were not recorded. 

Thus, Elvira Nabiullina actually applied for participation in the Yale World Fellows program and successfully passed the selection, but did not go to study-apparently, because of her appointment by the Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.

Photo on the cover: Central Bank of the Russian Federation

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