The government of the Russian Federation approved a list of seven candidates to the Board of Directors of Russian state "Zarubezhneft" company, TASS reported.

Armenia’s former prime minister Karen Karapetyan is also included in the Board of Directors.

Karen Karapetyan was appointed Armenia’s Prime Minister in September 2016 during presidency of Serzh Sargsyan. He resigned in spring after mass protest actions against the authorities which resulted in change of power in the country.