Putin Appoints New Russian Envoy in Turkey 6 Months After Karlov's Assassination

© AFP 2023 / ADEM ALTANRussian flag flies at half mast in front of the Russian Embassy in Ankara on December 20, 2016, a day after the Russian Ambassador to Turkey was killed by a gunman
Russian flag flies at half mast in front of the Russian Embassy in Ankara on December 20, 2016, a day after the Russian Ambassador to Turkey was killed by a gunman - Sputnik International
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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree appointing Alexey Yerkhov as Russia's new ambassador to Turkey, a decree published on the official portal of legal information Monday states.

Gunman gestures after shooting the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, at a photo gallery in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Dec. 19, 2016 - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Yerkhov, head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Crisis Management Center, replaces Andrey Karlov, who was shot dead in December 2016 by an off-duty Turkish police officer at the opening of an art gallery exhibition. The Russian Foreign Ministry has stated that it treated the attack as an act of terrorism.

The Ankara Public Prosecutor's Office said last week that it had identified five suspects connected to Karlov's assassination.

"Appoint Aleksey Vladimirovich Yerkhov as Russia's ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary in the Turkish Republic," the decree states.

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