By Hakan Ceyhan Aydogan
MOSCOW
Russia’s State Duma's Foreign Affairs Committee approved Thursday the candidacy of Alexei Yerkhov as ambassador to Turkey, according to TASS news agency.
Yerkhov, Russian Foreign Ministry's Crisis Management Center Director, will replace Andrey
Karlov was delivering a speech at the opening ceremony of an art gallery when an armed assailant opened fire on him and then in the air.
Turkey-Russia relations were tested after