MOSCOW, April 20 Vladimir Putin signed the decree on the appointment of Mikhail Kotyukov Acting Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory and the dismissal of Alexander Uss, head of the regional region.
«Accept the resignation of the Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Uss A.V. of his own free will. <…> Appoint Mikhail Mikhailovich Kotyukov as Acting Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory until the person elected Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory takes office,» the text of the document emphasizes.
Vladimir Putin is meeting via videoconference with Deputy Finance Minister Mikhail Kotyukov
Earlier, Uss received an offer from Putin to continue working at the federal level. The politician won the gubernatorial elections in the Krasnoyarsk Territory in September 2018. Prior to that, for 20 years he was the speaker of the regional legislative assembly.
In the afternoon, Putin met with Kotyukov and invited him to become the head of the region.
From March 2020, Mikhail Kotyukov worked in the Ministry of Finance as a deputy head of department. Prior to that, he served as Minister of Science and Higher Education, and also headed the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations.