Vladimir Churov was appointed ambassador at large – RBC

The former chairman of the CEC Vladimir Churov

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The former chairman of the CEC Vladimir Churov appointed Ambassador at Large of the Ministry of foreign Affairs. He will be engaged in election observation in foreign countries

The former head of the Central Election Commission Vladimir Churov appointed Ambassador at Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. In an interview with radio station “Ekho Moskvy” said the official representative of the Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.

The very Churov told “Interfax” that the statements Zakharova seen. “While I have no” scabs “at this point. I am a pensioner, “-.. He said the agency

In his new position Churov will deal with election monitoring to the authorities of foreign countries, clarified Zakharov

Work Churov will not overlap with those of the CEC functions monitoring and organization of voting abroad, said on Wednesday the chairman of the Central Electoral Commission, Ella Pamfilova. “This will include, for example, that the Minister of Foreign Affairs instructed him to go to a country and see how there are elections,” – she explained to the authority Churov journalists

The Ambassadors group of special commissions. Ministry of Foreign Affairs includes diplomats with the rank of Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the first and second classes. At what rank will Churov Foreign Ministry’s special envoy, Zakharov did not specify. On the website of the Kremlin and the Foreign Ministry documents on assignment Churov rank is not in the list of holders of diplomatic ranks on the site Ministry of Foreign Affairs of his name and no.

status after Foreign Minister for Special Assignments possessed, for example, a former Russian Special Envoy of the contact group on Ukraine Azamat Kulmuhametov.

Churov CEC headed since 2007, in March 2016 it was replaced by the former Commissioner for human Rights, Ella Pamfilova. The opposition has repeatedly criticized Churov during his tenure as head of the Central Electoral Commission for the lack of response to allegations of violations during the elections. His resignation was one of the demands of protesters during demonstrations against electoral fraud in the Duma elections in 2011.

The precursor Churov also continued his career in the diplomatic service. Former chairman of the Central Election Commission Alexander Veshnyakov, head of the department from 1999 to 2007, in 2008 he was appointed ambassador of Russia in Latvia and in this position still works.