Russian President Putin has sacked his chief of staff Sergei Ivanov and right. Putin said Ivanov wanted to leave himself.
The place Ivanov is taken over by Anton Vaino, a former diplomat and since 2012 deputy Ivanov. His task will be to draw up legislative proposals for the President, overseeing its implementation and analyze the domestic and foreign policy of Putin. The head of the presidential administration is one of the most powerful positions of Russia.
The resignation of Sergei Ivanov comes a month before the elections. Despite an economic recession is heading Putin's United Russia party a big victory off.
KGB
The decades-long relationship between Ivanov and Putin dates back to their time in the KGB, the secret service of the Soviet Union. Putin became friends there with Ivanov, who like the president is from St. Petersburg. Putin left his friend, like other confidants from Petersburg to Moscow happened when he entered national politics.
Under Putin, Ivanov was defense minister between 2001 and 2007. Ivanov Putin kept close to him when he himself was prime minister under President Medvedev: Ivanov became deputy prime minister. On his return as president in 2012, Putin suggested to Ivanov as chief of the presidential administration.
Analysts believe there is more hidden behind the resignation of Ivanov. A clue is provided by Ivanov an irreverent position in the hands of Putin gets. The president relegated him to Friday Special Envoy for transport and the environment.
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