RUSSIAN SECURITY COUNCIL CHIEF REPORTEDLY RESIGNS

Interfax reported on July 9 that Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov resigned from that post in late June, but that President Putin has not yet accepted or rejected the resignation. Also on July 9, Interfax reported that Sergei Kiriyenko, who heads the Federal Atomic Energy Agency (Rosatom), has been appointed head of Atomenergoprom, which the news agency described as "the nuclear holding company in which state nuclear assets are consolidated." Interfax added that Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov confirmed the appointment on July 7. PM