Medvedev appoints Alexander Khloponin in charge of volatile Caucasus
19 January 2010 – NatPress.Net
The president of Russia Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday appointed the governor of the vast Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk and former business executive Alexander Khloponin as deputy prime minister and his envoy to the volatile North Caucasus region.
Medvedev also has decided to single out North Caucasus provinces, including Chechnya, Ingushetia, North Ossetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachai-Circassia, into a separate federal district. Parliament is still to approve the creation of the new administrative unit, which Khloponin will oversee.