Putin sacks Deputy Foreign Minister Losyukov

Moscow, Mar 27 (UNI) Russian President Vladimir Putin has fired Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov, replacing him with Alexei Borodavkin, the Kremlin press service reported today.

Mr Borodavkin has been woring as a Russia's permanent representative at the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna.

Mr Losyukov was Russia's special envoy to the six-nation talks on North Korean nuclear programme.

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