In Tomsk, they were unable to elect the mayor of the city, as both candidates pulled out, the TV channel reported. red blood cell.
At the final stage of the electoral process, the self-resignation was taken by the acting mayor of the city, Mikhail Ratner, and the deputy of the city’s Legislative Duma, Maxim Luchshev.
“I’m sure I will bring more benefits to Tomsk in a different capacity, I will definitely tell you,” Luchshev said on social networks on Monday, April 10.
The next day, Tuesday, April 11, Ratner also announced his withdrawal:
“I don’t want to be mayor at any cost. This is not true when there is no alternative to the situation today,” Ratner writes.
This event was also commented on by the head of the city duma, Chingis Akataev – noting that this was a logical conclusion given that neither Ratner nor Luchshev received even 25% of the vote.
In early October 2022, the Duma of the Tomsk Region It is cancelled Direct election of the mayor of Tomsk.