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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has signed a decree appointing businessman Dmytro Firtash as co-chairman of the national trilateral social and economic council (from the Ukrainian associations of employers' organizations).

The decree was posted on the official Web site of the president on Dec. 20. The head of state has dismissed Mykola Yankovsky from this post. Firtash is the owner of Group DF.

Editor’s Note: In the interests of full disclosure, Dmytro Firtash has issued proceedings for libel in relation to a prior article by Public Media.