Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister, Vladimir Titovwas removed from office by decree of President Vladimir Putin.
The decree was published on the legal information portal and is effective immediately from the date of publication.
Vladimir Titov has held the post of First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs since April 2013. He is a diplomat with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and has received several honors, including the Order of Merit for the Fatherland of the III and IV degrees, the Order of Alexander Nevsky, and the Order of Honor.
On July 22nd, Ruslan Kukharuk was appointed acting governor of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug (KkhMAO) by presidential decree and was introduced to the State Council of Russia. In addition, eight other acting heads of regions were introduced to the State Council on the same day. Mikhail Razvozhayev He was appointed chairman of the commission for the direction of “Traditional Culture and Spiritual and Moral Values”, based in Sevastopol, also by Putin’s decree. Previously, Putin had also dismissed the deputy secretary of the Security Council.