Putin has appointed new ambassadors to Qatar and the Seychelles. Mr.… (посол · посольство · россия)
Putin has appointed new ambassadors to Qatar and the Seychelles. Mr. Kozhin previously served as an advisor at the Russian Embassy in the UK, deputy director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, and for the last five years led the embassy in the Seychelles.
Consensus
- Vladimir Putin signed decrees appointing Artem Kozhin as Russia's ambassador to Qatar and Kirill Sokolov-Shcherbakov as ambassador to the Seychelles on July 10.
- Artem Kozhin previously served as head of the Russian embassy on the Seychelles for five years.
- Kirill Sokolov-Shcherbakov previously led the consular department at the Russian embassy in London.
- Kozhin had prior experience as a counselor at the Russian embassy in the UK and as deputy director of the information and press department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Points of divergence
- Vladimir Putin signed an edict appointing Vyacheslav Gladkov, former governor of Belgorod Oblast, as Russia's ambassador to Abkhazia. Journalists reported that Gladkov himself was interested in this appointment, and other career options for him included deputy minister of economic development. — vm
Coverage (2 sources)
- Putin appoints new ambassadors to Qatar and Seychelles — Вечерняя Москва
- Putin appoints ambassadors to Qatar and Seychelles — Коммерсантъ