VOLGOGRAD, July 15 Head of Kalmykia Batu Khasikov When registering as a candidate for the post of head of the republic, he submitted to the election commission a list of applicants for the post of his representative in the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, it does not contain the name of the current senator and ex-head of the region Alexei Orlov, the press service of the head of Kalmykia reported.
“Yes, indeed, Alexey Orlov is not on the list of candidates for senator from the head of Kalmykia,” the press service reported. The agency's interlocutor did not specify the names of the candidates.
Orlov served as head of Kalmykia from 2010 to 2019, in October 2019 he was appointed as the new head of the region by Batu Khasikov, a member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation.
Previously it was reported that deputies of the People's Khural (parliament) of Kalmykia decided to hold elections for the head of the republic on September 8. According to the election commission of the republic, voting will take place over three days — September 6, 7 and 8.