Presidential aide Surkov left government service

Presidential aide Vladislav Surkov left government service. about this in his Telegram channel . spoke Director of the Center for Political Conjuncture Aleksey Chesnakov

According to him, Surkov made this decision “in connection with a change of course in the Ukrainian direction.” The former state adviser plans to meditate for a month, after which he “promised to inform about the reasons” for his dismissal, Chesnokov wrote.

According to information from Ekho Moskvy editor-in-chief Alexey Venediktov, the Ukrainian direction will be handled by the Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration and former Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak.

to Open Media Information about this was confirmed by a source in the presidential administration. According to the publication’s interlocutor, this decision is due to the fact that Kozak, in his previous post, dealt with issues of economic assistance to the self-proclaimed Lugansk and Donetsk people’s republics.

Presidential press secretary Dmiry Peskov told Ekho Moskvy that there had not yet been a decree on Surkov’s resignation.

Vladislav Surkov began working as deputy head of the presidential administration in 1999, from 2011 to 2013 he was deputy prime minister, and in 2013 he began overseeing the presidential administration’s department for cooperation with the CIS, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Updated at 11:57 am. Peskov's comment has been added.