It makes you wonder: How could this guy have been appointed to manage the risk of a pet store, much less the complex and potentially systemically dissettling derivatives portfolios of a major bank?

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Mr Serdyukov was a furniture store executive and head of the Russian tax service before being appointed defence minister in 2007.

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PwC was appointed administrator on Wednesday, and at the time said there might be some store closures.

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