Kozak Will Curate Relations with Ukraine in the Presidential Administration

The Russian Federation President’s Press Secretary Peskov stated that Dmitry Kozak will deal with “Ukrainian affairs” and with Russian Federation’s integration with other countries. As deputy head of the presidential administration, Dmitry Kozak will curate relations with Ukraine. “Kozak is engaged and will continue to deal with Ukrainian affairs in his new position,” spokesman for the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, said on Tuesday, February 11. Russian Federation’s integration with other countries Issues According to Peskov, the integration of Russia with various states will include Kozak’s terms of reference. “Russia has many integration processes in which it participates and quite successfully,” Peskov explained. Responding tothe question from journalists about what kind of integration it is meant, he indicated that it was “not about Russia and Ukraine.” “The exact formulation (of Kozak’s authority - Ed.) will be fixed in the distribution of responsibilities that have not yet been formalized,” Peskov added further. At the same time, he answered negatively to the question of whether the resignation statement of Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Vladislav Surkov was signed as he was still in charge of Ukrainian issues in the Kremlin. On the same day, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky replaced the head of his administration, dismissing Andryi Bohdan from this post. His successor was appointed former assistant Zelensky Andriy Ermak.