According to the newspaper Kommersant, the candidate has been agreed upon.
Yevgeny Lukyanov will become the new Russian ambassador in Minsk. Kommersant reports on this, citing sources.
The publication says 69-year-old Yevgeny Lukyanov will become the new head of the Russian diplomatic mission, three informed sources say.
Yevgeny Lukyanov is now ambassador to Latvia. Vladimir Putin signed the corresponding decree at the end of 2016. It is known about him that he graduated from Leningrad State University. He speaks English and French. He has been in the diplomatic service since 1984. He has also held senior positions in the banking sector, and before his appointment to Latvia, he was Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of Russia.