In March, the governor of the Smolensk region Alexei Ostrovsky and the head of Chukotka Roman Kopin were fired. Oppression “Kommersant” Citing three sources in the presidential administration, he writes that by the end of this month, leaders of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Alexander Uss and Oryol District Andrey Klychkov may also resign.
Earlier, the media had already written about the possible resignation of Uss. Sources stated that the reason for such a possible staffing decision was the low ratings of the regional president. United Russia Uss has been in charge of the region since 2017.
The head of the Oryol region, Andrei Klychkov, has also been in office since 2017, a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. Two sources told Kommersant that the government was not satisfied with the official’s work.
The president of Khakassia, Valentin Konovalov, and communist Valentin Konovalov are other governors who could be removed from office. He started his job in 2018.
Former Kaliningrad Mayor Yevgeny Lubivy filed to resign. The reason for the decision is unknown. Lyubivy took the post in October 2021, before that he worked in the medical field – he was a freelance chief surgeon at the regional Ministry of Health, was the coordinator of the Healthy Future project from the United Russia party.