Kiev eliminated the position of the Commissioner for cooperation with Russia

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine deprived workplace Valery Muntiyan with the Ombudsman, the problems of cooperation with Russia and CIS countries in connection with the liquidation of positions, reports Ukrainian magazine " on the last working day of the week.

The Muntiyan has held this position since February 14, 2011.

" The Cabinet has deprived workplace Valery Muntiyan from the position of the government on the issues of cooperation with Russia, CIS and EurAsEC in connection with the abolition of this office, " the magazine writes referring to the instruction of the government.

first in November, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko withdrew from the Executive Department of the CIS as an Ambassador of the country Anatoly Dron. Secretary of CIS Sergey Lebedev reported that no official complaints about Ukraine's withdrawal from the Commonwealth in the CIS Executive Committee did not receive.

Kiev shortly after removal from brand Board President Viktor Yanukovych in February 2014 announced that refuses further chairmanship in the CIS in 2014, after which the functions of the Chapter took on his own shoulders Minsk. Appointed after the change of power by the Secretary of the Ukrainian Council of national security and defense Andrei Parubiy said in March that Ukraine wants to refuse participation in the CIS, but until not filed a formal application.

The CIS Executive Committee is continuously acting Executive, administrative and coordinating body of the CIS, which provides the organization of work of the Council of heads of States, Council of heads of governments, the Council of Ministers of foreign Affairs, the Economic Council and other bodies of the Commonwealth.


numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. They were the response of local residents to violent change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law granting Russian the status of regional language.


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