President of Yakutia Aisen Nikolaev announced his intention to put forward his candidacy in this year’s presidential elections. TASS.
Nikolaev said he supports Russian President Vladimir Putin’s bid to participate in the elections. President Putin wished Nikolaev good luck, praised the results of his five years of activity and wished the results to be the same as before.
It was previously reported that on May 29, Russian President Vladimir Putin. There was a meeting With the current president of Yakutia, Aisen Nikolaev, supported the nomination of this official for the election of the regional president in September. This was announced by the press secretary of the head of state, Dmitry Peskov.
“He really supported and wished success,” said Peskov.
In September 2018, Aisen Nikolaev was elected head of Yakutia in direct snap elections, where he received 71.4% of the vote. The next elections for the presidency will be held this year.
Before Putin supported The nomination of the regional head Stanislav Voskresensky for the election of the governor of the Ivanovo region.