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Former FSB officer Sergey Eliseev to serve as Kaliningrad deputy chairman

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Sergey Eliseev, first deputy chairman of the Kaliningrad government.
Sergey Eliseev, first deputy chairman of the Kaliningrad government. © Kaliningrad oblast

Moscow has appointed a former intelligence officer as first deputy chairman of the small Kaliningrad province, wedged between Poland and Lithuania, the latest example of loyal subjects being tapped to maintain contact with - and control of - strategic regions.

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