Vladimir Putin signed Executive Orders appointing:
- Minister of Justice Alexander Konovalov Special Presidential Representative for Cooperation with the European Union on Freedom, Security and Justice;
- Presidential Adviser Alexander Bedritsky Special Presidential Representative on Climate Change;
- Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Russia to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov Special Presidential Representative for Trade and Economic Ties with Ukraine;
- Alexander Zmeyevsky Special Presidential Representative for International Cooperation in Combating Terrorism and Transnational Organised Crime;
- Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov Special Presidential Representative on the Middle East;
- Head of the Federal Agency for Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation Konstantin Kosachev Special Presidential Representative for Cooperation with CIS Countries.
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Vladimir Putin signed Executive Orders appointing:
- Arthur Chilingarov Special Presidential Representative for International Cooperation in the Arctic and Antarctic;
- Mikhail Margelov Special Presidential Representative for Cooperation with African countries;
- Kirill Barsky Special Presidential Representative for cooperation with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, who will also act as Russia’s national coordinator in the SCO.