Russia's top diplomat in Brussels, Mikhail Fradkov, has been named as the country's next Prime Minister.
Early on Monday the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, named Mr Fradkov as his new head of government, ahead of elections on 14 March.
Mr Putin unceremoniously dumped the former holder of the post - Mikhail Kasyanov - last week in a televised address, prompting a flurry of speculation that he was about to name as his successor a close member of the 'siloviki' - Mr Putin's ring ...
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