Go to media bankKALININGRAD, 19 Sep. The elected governor of the Kaliningrad region, Anton Alikhanov, appointed his representative in the Federation Council, he became the director of LLC Management Company «Sodruzhestvo» Alexander Shenderyuk-Zhidkov. «The governor of the region issued decree No. Zhidkov A.V. has been vested with the powers of a senator of the Russian Federation. The decree came into force from the day it was signed, published on the website of the government of the Kaliningrad region,» the regional election commission said in his Telegram channel.
September 12, 03:59 Alikhanov won the election of the head of the Kaliningrad regionOleg Tkach was the previous senator from the government of the Kaliningrad region since 2004. In addition to Shenderyuk-Zhidkov and Tkach, Oleg Urbanyuk, the chairman of the regional branch of the All-Russian public-state organization DOSAAF, applied for this post. Dmitry Lyskov, head of the press service of the government of the Kaliningrad region, told RIA Novosti that Tkach decided not to renew his powers for the next term for personal reasons. «For our part, we are very grateful to Oleg Polikarpovich (Tkach — ed.) for 18 years of defending the interests of the region in the highest offices and we hope that he will continue to help us without the status of a member of the Federation Council … As for Alexander Shenderyuk-Zhidkov, we hope that he, at least, will not drop the high bar that Oleg Polikarpovich held,» Lyskov said. Alikhanov won the election of the governor of the Kaliningrad region with 80.21% of the vote and took office on September 16. Voting was held from 9 to 11 September. The final turnout in the elections was 38.51%. He left this post in June 2018.
