St. Petersburg, Jul 19The governor of the Novgorod region Andrey Nikitin spoke about the reasons why he participates in the election of the head of the region, and called it his main task as the head of the region to ensure their legitimacy and transparency. «If we have already touched on the elections, I will answer as the current governor, not as a candidate. I will start with the fact that my main task is to ensure transparency, legitimacy and openness of elections. This is what is included in my direct official duties, this is what I will do first of all, «he told reporters. «If we talk about the reasons (nominations for gubernatorial elections — ed.), then this is, of course, the understanding that there are a lot of projects that we launched, for which I made certain promises, and the understanding that those people whom I met in five years, made friends with someone, you can’t let them down,» Nikitin said. He added that he also believes that he has no right to let the head of state down, thanks to whose support a number of important economic and social projects. Also, according to Nikitin, the support of the family is important for him, which agreed with his decision to run for a second term, despite the fact that his wife and children would like to see him at home more often. Nikitin also admitted that in his five years as head of the Novgorod region he has not changed his life principles.Yesterday, 18:03 The Novgorod governor told who is interested in buying IKEA factories «I am what I was, and I am. It is important for me that I see the result, it is important for me that what I do is necessary for someone, for me it is important that I be honest with people, and people are honest with me. I have had these principles for a long time. And they have not changed,» Nikitin said. «Pure politics is not interesting to me, to be honest, absolutely. to become a noble politician, I always wanted to live in such a way that it would not be embarrassing, but how it turns out — to evaluate people, «concluded the Novgorod governor. As the regional election commission reported in July, six candidates were allowed to collect signatures for the election of the governor of the Novgorod region including the current governor. Before that, in February, Nikitin announced his readiness to put forward his candidacy for a second term. Later, at a conference of the regional branch of the party, United Russia nominated him as a candidate for the election of the governor of the Novgorod region. Voting in the election of the governor of the Novgorod region will last from September 9 to 11, the CEC of the Russian Federation informed earlier.
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