Russia - Rybkin appointed as deputy prime minister

(2 Mar 1998) T/I: 10:24:11


Russian President Boris Yeltsin on Monday (2/3) named top security official Ivan Rybkin as a new deputy prime minister overseeing relations with former soviet republics.
Rybkin, currently secretary of Yeltsin's security council, replaced Valery Serov, who was dismissed at the weekend. Rybkin will abandon his current duties as head of the powerful security council. He told reporters he would continue to deal with Chechnya for some time.

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MOSCOW, RUSSIA 02/03
SOT (in Russian) and cut aways of Rybkin making a statement about his appointment, saying he would continue for a time to deal with Chechnya, which now regards itself as independent, though Kremlin views the region as an integral part of Russia.

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