Vladimir Putin signed a number of executive orders appointing special presidential representatives 2012-08-02 18:30:00 Vladimir Putin signed Executive Orders appointing: - Minister of Justice Alexander Konovalov Special Presidential Representative for Cooperation with the European Union on Freedom, Security and Justice; - Presidential Adviser Alexander Bedritsky Special Presidential Representative on Climate Change; - Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Russia to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov Special Presidential Representative for Trade and Economic Ties with Ukraine; - Alexander Zmeyevsky Special Presidential Representative for International Cooperation in Combating Terrorism and Transnational Organised Crime; - Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov Special Presidential Representative on the Middle East; - Head of the Federal Agency for Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation Konstantin Kosachev Special Presidential Representative for Cooperation with CIS Countries. * * * Vladimir Putin signed Executive Orders appointing: - Arthur Chilingarov Special Presidential Representative for International Cooperation in the Arctic and Antarctic; - Mikhail Margelov Special Presidential Representative for Cooperation with African countries; - Kirill Barsky Special Presidential Representative for cooperation with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, who will also act as Russia’s national coordinator in the SCO.