Via Ria Novosti:

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin has been appointed ambassador to Cuba, the ministry announced on Monday. Kamynin, 51, served as ambassador to Spain and Andorra from 2002 to 2005, and as a counselor to the Russian Embassy in Havana from 1999 to 2002. He also served two four-year stints at the Soviet Embassy in Mexico from 1978 and 1987. The new ambassador will be replacing Andrei Dmitriyev, 67, who had held the post since June 2000.

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