Sergey Chebotaryov has become the deputy head of the Russian presidential department for interregional and cultural relations with foreign states. He will supervise the section for relations with Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Times.am reports.
Chebotaryov was supervising presidential elections in South Ossetia in autumn 2011 – spring 2012. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev appointed him as the head of the presidential department on May 2.