The order has been published on the official Internet portal of legal information.

“To release Mashkova Ksenia Viktorovna from the post of State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Sports of Russia in connection with a single gross violation of official duties,” the text of the document says.

Earlier, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin appointed Evgeny Petrov head of the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use (Rosnedra).