Former Deputy Governor of the Ulyanovsk Region Kostomarov Appointed First Deputy Head of Administration of the DPR

The corresponding decree was signed by the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.

“To appoint Kostomarov Alexander Konstantinovich as the first deputy head of the administration of the head of the Donetsk People's Republic,” the document says. 

Earlier, the government of the DPR was dismissed.

According to Pushilin, the change in the government of the republic was caused by the need to strengthen the integration processes.

Vitaly Khotsenko has been elected as the new Prime Minister of the DPR.

Yevgeny Solntsev has been appointed Deputy Prime Minister of the DPR.