Tourism chief agrees to become Norilsk Nickel’s General director

Published 30 July, 2008, 06:26

The head of Russia's Federal Travel Agency, Rostourism, has accepted the nomination to become Norilsk Nickel's general director.

Vladimir Strazalkovsky said he had accepted the proposal, as Norilsk Nickel is a stable major public company. The Norilsk board of directors will vote on his appointment at a meeting on August 8.

Strazalkovsky is an old acquaintance of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, and was nominated by billionaire Norilsk shareholder Vladimir Potanin, according to Vedomosti.


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