KRASNOYARSK, April 20 Election of a new governor of Krasnoyarsk the regions will be held according to plan, on a single voting day in September 2023, said the head of the regional election commission Alexei Podushkin.
Earlier, the governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Alexander Uss, received an offer from Russian President Vladimir Putin to switch to work at the federal level. On Thursday, Putin held a meeting with Deputy Finance Minister Mikhail Kotyukov and invited him to head the Krasnoyarsk Territory, he thanked for his trust and agreed.
«We had elections scheduled for this year. Accordingly, the appointment of an acting (governor) does not affect the In early June, the legislative assembly (of the region) will set the date for the elections and they will take place as they should (in September). There are no changes here,» Podushkin said.
Uss was elected head of the region in September 2018 . Prior to that, he headed the regional parliament for 20 years. His term of office expires in September 2023.