Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to relieve Mikhail Zurabov of his duties as Russia’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Ukraine.
From March 2004 to September 2007 Zurabov was the Russian minister of health and social development, and in 2008 he was once again appointed as presidential adviser.
In August 2009 he was appointed Russia’s Ambassador to Ukraine, TASS reports.
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