Vice President of Russian Railways Sergey Kozyrev appointed acting Head of Sverdlovsk Region Railways

Vice President of Russian Railways Sergey Kozyrev was appointed acting Head of Sverdlovsk Region Railways, says Moscow-based spokesperson of Russian Railways.

The Board of Directors of Russian Railways decided at a meeting in Moscow on March 20, 2007 that Head of Sverdlovsk Region Railways Shevket Shaidullin should resign. The reasons for Mr. Shaidullin’s resignation were to have been announced at a briefing scheduled for 2 PM on March 22, 2007, but this press conference was put off indefinitely.