Valentin Yumashev (far right) is pictured next to his wife Tatyana at Boris Yeltsin’s funeral in 2007
(Picture: REUTERS)Valentin Yumashev, the son-in-law of former Russian leader Boris Yeltsin who helped Vladimir Putin come to power, has quit his role as a Kremlin adviser, Reuters reported on Monday night.
The agency said it had been told of Mr Yumashev’s departure by two people familiar with his thinking.
