Putin Fires Head of Russia’s Cultural Diplomacy Agency
President Vladimir Putin on Monday sacked Yevgeny Primakov as the head of the cultural diplomacy agency Rossotrudnichestvo and replaced him with Igor Chaika, the son of Russia’s former chief prosecutor.
Primakov, who is the grandson of former Russian Prime Minister and diplomat Yevgeny Primakov, took over as head of Rossotrudnichestvo in June 2020.
Primakov, commenting on his dismissal to the pro-Kremlin Telegram news channel Ranshe Vsekh, said “Dobby is free,” a reference to the fictional elf character from Harry Potter.
Rossotrudnichestvo operates as a subagency of the Foreign Ministry.
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