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President Vladimir Putin has appointed Sergey Bazdnikin for a new Russia’s Ambassador to Macedonia, TASS reports.
Bazdnikin is to replace Oleg Scherbak, who has been serving as Russia’s Ambassador to Macedonia since 2010.
Bazdnikin is ex-Deputy Director of the Department for Foreign Policy Planning at the Russian Ministry for Foreign Affairs.