MOSCOW, June 26. /ITAR-TASS/. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday, June 26, appointed Yelena Abramova deputy minister for Crimea.

Prior to the appointment, Abramova was director of the Department of Personnel and Organisational Development in the Ministry of Economic Development.

The Ministry for the Development of Crimea was created on March 31, 2014. It is headed by Oleg Savelyev.