Sergei Ivanov appointed as Kremlin administration head

Details added after the first paragraph (the first version was posted at 15:31)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has appointed Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov as head of the Kremlin administration, the president's spokesperson Natalia Timakova told journalists.

"By a decree Medvedev appointed Sergei Ivanov as the head of the Kremlin administration," RIA Novosti quotes Timakova as saying.

Ivanov is dismissed as Deputy Prime Minister, Timakova said.