Moscow, May 14 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced the names of officials who will represent Russia in the renewed negotiations with Ukraine, set to take place in Turkey today, TASS reported.

Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky will lead the Russian delegation, which will be joined by Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin, Deputy Defence Minister Alexander Fomin, and Igor Kostyukov, who heads the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.

Putin has also designated a group of experts to support the talks. These include Alexander Zorin, the First Deputy Head of the General Staff's Information Department; Yelena Podobreyevskaya, Deputy Head of the Presidential Directorate for Humanitarian Policy; Alexey P...