“On January 20, 2020, by order of Roskomnadzor, Elena Evgenyevna Prokhorova was appointed to the position of assistant head of Roskomnadzor ... Prokhorova will oversee the direction of public relations and act as the press secretary of the service,” the statement said.

It is noted that its main task will be to ensure complete and objective informing "the audience about the content and principles of the service", increase transparency and openness of work.

It is clarified that Prokhorova, who replaced Vadim Ampelonsky, previously held the post of Director of External and Internal Communications at RE-KON, and was also the Director of External Communications at VimpelCom.

In turn, Ampelonsky informed TASS that he was leaving Roskomnadzor.

Earlier, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin appointed Daniil Egorov the new head of the Federal Tax Service.