MOSCOW, January 30 (Itar-Tass) — President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree appointing Ivan Molotkov as a  Russian ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Libya.

A decree to this effect was placed on the web-portal on Monday.

In the beginning of the Libyan crisis Russian ambassador Vladimir Chamov was recalled from Tripoli. His functions were carried out by charge d’affairs Maxim Maksimov.