Kiriyenko takes over Russian nuclear agency
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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