CHUBAIS ALLY TO HEAD PRIVATIZATION AGENCY.

Alfred Kokh, an ally of presidential chief-of-staff Anatoly Chubais, has been named to head Russia’s State Property Committee which oversees privatization. (NTV, September 13) The 35-year-old Kokh is the first member of the government to be appointed not by presidential decree but by prime ministerial order. Until now, he had been acting head of the agency.

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