Russia appoints trade representative in Azerbaijan

Ruslan Mirsayapov, head of the State Committee for Foreign Economic Relations of the Republic of Bashkortostan, has been appointed as Russia's Trade Representative in Azerbaijan by order of the Government of the Russian Federation.

"In his new job, Ruslan Zagitovich will continue to support exporting companies, and effectively use the managerial experience accumulated over many years of work in the Republic of Bashkortostan," the press service of the State Committee for foreign economic relations of the Republic of Belarus said.

Notably, Mirsayapov is part of the reserve managerial  staff under the Russian President's patronage.