Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) pictured with chief of staff Sergei Ivanov (L) at a Day of Russia reception in June 2016 © Pool/AFP/File / Mikhail KlimentyevMoscow, Russian Federation, Aug 12 – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday unexpectedly dismissed his close ally and powerful chief of staff Sergei Ivanov, in the highest-level change inside the Kremlin in several years.
The Kremlin said in a statement that Putin had “decreed to relieve Ivanov of his duties” and handed him a job as a special representative for conservation, environmental and transportation issues.
Ivanov — who served together with Putin in the Soviet-era KGB …read more
Source: Capital News
