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сурков - Google Search  google.com/search?q=%D1%8… Posted by  mikenov  on  Tuesday, February 11th, 2020 3:36pm mikenov on Twitter Saved Stories - None: Putin Picks New Ukraine Negotiator  After Ties Thaw a Little The Kremlin said on Tuesday that a senior Ukrainian-born Russian official was now in charge of managing Moscow's relations with Ukraine, a move likely to be seen by some politicians in Kyiv as further evidence of a slight thaw in ties. President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Dmitry Kozak, deputy head of the Russian presidential administration, was now the most senior Kremlin official when it came to Ukraine. Kozak, a lawyer by education, was born in what used to be Soviet Ukraine. Vladislav Surkov, seen as a hardliner by many in Kyiv, had previously overseen Russia's relations with Ukraine, a role that saw him negotiate and advise Putin on the subject. Peskov said Surkov still worked for the Kremlin,