Arkhangelsk senator to mediate in Kyrgyzstan
President Dmitry Medvedev has appointed Arkhangelsk senator Vladimir Rushailo his new special representative in Kyrgyzstan.
Rushailo, a former Russian minister of interior and secretary of the country’s Security Council, will be the Russian President’s special representative in Kyrgyzstan, Medvedev announced in a press release on 13 May.
The main task of the senator will be to assist the interim government in the country ahead of the October elections, newspaper Kommersant reports.
Vladimir Rushailo was appointed the representative of Arkhangelsk Oblast in the Federation Council in late 2007.
