Sergei Kiriyenko, who was replaced as presidential envoy to the Volga Federal District Monday, has been appointed head of the Federal Agency for Nuclear Power, a senior official said Tuesday.
Alexander Rumayntsev, the former head of the agency, which controls the country`s nuclear production and research facilities, the development, testing and production of nuclear weapons and the elimination of nuclear warheads and munitions, was appointed to a new position. Evgeny Adamov who was the head of the agency before Rumyantsev now is in Swiss prison waiting for extradition to USA.
Kiriyenko was replaced by Bashkortostan`s Prosecutor Alexander Konovalov.
Kiriyenko, 43, has held a series of senior government positions, including that of fuel and energy minister in 1997-1998 and prime minister from April 1998 to August 1998 under President Boris Yeltsin. He is also chairman of the state commission on chemical disarmament, a member of the Security Council and the presidential council, which oversees priority national projects.
Columnists says that appointment is an advancement for Kiriyenko. "Rosatom" is a structure comparable with RAO UES or "Gazprom".
Kiriyenko will have to answer questions about one of the most known Russian projects abroad: the building of nuclear power plant in Iran.
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