Structural and personnel changes have been made at the Federal Agency for the CIS,  Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Affairs (Rossotrudnichestvo).

Expectations of the changes arose on June 25, 2020, when Yevgeny Primakov was appointed as the Chairman of the Federal Agency, replacing Eleonora Mitrofanova. Upon the appointment he accused the previous management of the agency of inefficient management and announced “big changes.”

The new structure of the Federal Agency was launched on November 16, 2020. As a result of the structural change, the Division of the CIS Affairs, International Development and Integration Support, which oversaw the direction of Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region, was abolished. The Division also included department of the South Caucasus, Abkhazia and “South Ossetia.” With the new structure, the Organizational and Analytical Directorate will work for the direction of the post-Soviet space, the Head of which is Valery Platonov. The Directorate includes the Department of Near Abroad, headed by Alexander Pavlov.

At an online pressconference on November 17, Primakov spoke about future plans of the organization. According to him the name Rossotrudnichestvo will remain in official papers and a new "public" name, easier to pronounce, will appear. The same applies to the Russian Centers of Science and Culture, which is also difficult to pronounce. The priority region for the activities of the Agency will be the Middle East, noted Primakov.