MOSCOW, Apr 28 There is no final decision on the direct election of governors yet, consultations are underway, a decision can be adopted in the near future, Vladimir Mazur, deputy head of the presidential department for domestic policy, told reporters. «Still in consultations … Although both options, they imply participation — either directly or through representatives. But when will I can’t say the final decision yet, but I think we’ll wait in these coming days,” Mazur told reporters. on the candidature of the head of the legislative assembly. Later, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the decision to postpone this year's regional elections had not been made or discussed in the Kremlin. The head of the Central Election Commission, Ella Pamfilova, said in March that the issue of postponing the elections was not yet discussed. by the choice of a new party leader
