MOSCOW, June 2 (RIA Novosti) - Yury Ushakov has quit his post as Russian ambassador to the United States and will join the government staff under the new prime minister, Vladimir Putin.
The government's press service said on Monday that Putin had signed a resolution appointing the diplomat as deputy chief of government staff.
Ushakov has also quit as Russia's observer at the Washington-based Organization of American States.
Russian business daily Kommersant said last week that Ushakov could oversee international affairs in the government, and be charged with streamlining the area.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak could become Russia's new ambassador to the U.S., a key diplomatic position, a source in the government told RIA Novosti earlier.
