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Medvedev sacks his senior adviser
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has dismissed an influential Kremlin media adviser for breaching government rules, the first such sacking of his presidency, local media reported on Thursday.
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The Kremlin announced the departure of Mikhail Lesin, who founded Russia’s main TV advertising company in 1990 and held senior posts in news, television and the government, on Tuesday in a terse statement saying Lesin left “at his own request.” But Interfax news agency, citing an unidentified Kremlin official, reported that Lesin was sacked for using “his position to resolve questions not related to his official duties.” It quoted the Kremlin official as saying Lesin, 51, had breached discipline and rules on state service. Other Russian newspapers also ran stories on Thursday saying Lesin, who looked after media, information technology and intellectual property issues in the Kremlin administration, was sacked for conflicts of interest with his own businesses. A Kremlin spokesman refused to comment on the reports but the influential Kommersant newspaper said such harsh comments are rarely made by senior Kremlin officials without the president’s permission.
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Benzer Haberler 
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