KIEV, July 11 - TNK-BP Ukraine, a subsidiary of Russia??™s oil major TNK-BP in Ukraine, appointed the company??™s first deputy president Sergey Lizunov as the president of the company, TNK-BP Ukraine said in a statement Tuesday.

Lizunov will replace Alexander Horodetskiy, who led the company for the past six years, but had been recently appointed to head one of TNK-BP??™s West-Siberian upstream units in Russia, the company said.