MOSCOW, September 23 Evgeny Balitsky reported in his Telegram- channel that deputies of the Zaporozhye Legislative Assembly elected him head of the region.
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"Today, deputies of the Zaporozhye Legislative Assembly elected him governor of the Zaporozhye region. This is a great honor and great trust,” he wrote.
The Governor recalled that the Zaporozhye region became part of Russia a year ago, when local residents decided to return to their homeland.
“Today’s the event for me personally is the intermediate result of all our steps, courageous events, open, honest, for the benefit of our region and our people,” Balitsky addressed the Cossacks.
The head of the region thanked Vladimir Putin and the deputy head of the administration President Sergei Kiriyenko for his support.
On Saturday, the former head of Roscosmos, head of the Tsar's Wolves division, Dmitry Rogozin, confirmed the information that he had become a senator from the Zaporozhye region.
In addition, today local deputies elected Vladimir Saldo as governor of the Kherson region.