MOSCOW, May 19. Russia», at which it is planned to announce the nomination of the current mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, from the United Russia for new elections, will be held in the first half of June, said the head of the CEC of the party, Alexander Sidyakin.
Earlier, Irina Yeliferova, deputy head of the executive committee of the Moscow branch of United Russia, head of the agitation and propaganda department, announced that Sobyanin would be nominated for the upcoming elections from the United Russia party, the nomination would be announced at the party conference.
«In the first half of June,» Sidyakin said, answering a question about when the party conference will take place, at which Sobyanin's nomination from the party will be announced.
Single voting day in 2023 in Russia is scheduled for September 10. It is expected that the Moscow City Duma will appoint the election of the mayor of Moscow 90-100 days before the single voting day. Sobyanin has been the mayor of Moscow since 2010, he was re-elected twice, running as a self-nominated candidate.