Yanukovych dismisses ministers in relation to Cabinet change
KYIV. Dec 24 (Interfax) - Ukrainian ministers are being relieved of their duties in relation to the Cabinet change. Relevant decrees from Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych were posted on the presidential Web site on Monday.
Vitaliy Zakharchenko was dismissed from the post of Interior Minister, Kostyantyn Hryshchenko from the post of Foreign Minister, and Dmytro Salamatin from the post of Defense Minister.
Yanukovych also signed a decree dismissing Finance Minister Yury Kolobov.
Eduard Stavitsky lost the post of Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Yury Boyko - the post of Energy and Coal Industry.
Rayisa Bohatyryova was dismissed from the post of Vice Premier and Health Minister, and Oleksandr Klimenko from the post of head of the State Tax Service.
