Serhiy Kopytov appointed Crimean finance minister

The Crimean parliament has appointed Serhiy Kopytov as Crimean finance minister, an Interfax-Ukraine reporter has said.

Seventy-eight deputies of the 84 who participated in the vote supported this decision at a plenary meeting of the Crimean Supreme Council on Wednesday.

The Crimean deputies also dismissed from this post Mykola Skoryk, whom the Ukrainian president earlier appointed as head of Odesa Regional State Administration.

A total of 81 deputies voted for the respective decision.