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Putin appoints Vsevolod Tkachenko as Russian ambassador to Ethiopia, African Union

MOSCOW, June 24. /ITAR-TASS/. President Vladimir Putin has appointed Vsevolod Tkachenko as Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Ethiopia and Presidential Envoy of the Russian Federation to the African Union (AU) headquartered in Addis Ababa.

Tkachenko replaces his predecessor Valery Utkin, who has been relieved of his duties both as the ambassador to Ethiopia and presidential envoy to the African Union.