Kotyukov plans to participate in the elections of the governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory

Mikhail Kotyukov, Acting Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, announced that he intends to participate in the elections for the head of the region in September 2023. About this informed TASS with reference to the words of the acting governor.

Kotyukov headed the region after an early resignations Alexandra Ussa 20 April. “I got an offer [президента России Владимира Путина] continue to work at the federal level. But at the same time to deal with issues of socio-economic development of our region. I am sure that the Krasnoyarsk Territory will retain the status of one of the supporting regions of Russia in the future, ”Uss wrote then in his Telegram channel.

The resignation of Uss was planned for a long time, said interlocutors close to the presidential administration – Vedomosti wrote that she was being prepared on February 6. An interlocutor of Vedomosti, close to the regional authorities, says that Uss was in Moscow on April 19. The region has not yet defended the election strategy that the authorities of the regions where the elections will be held have been representing in the presidential administration for the past two months, two Vedomosti sources close to the Kremlin noted.

One of Vedomosti’s sources previously noted that before taking office, Uss had headed the region’s legislative assembly for a long time, and his appointment as acting head of the region stood out against the wave of nominations of “Varangian” governors.

Kotyukov is a former Deputy Minister of Finance and ex-head of the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations (FASO) of Russia. Back in 2017, when the then governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Viktor Tolokonsky, resigned, Kotyukov was named one of the candidates for the post of head of the region. Acting Governor was born in Krasnoyarsk, and in 2007-2010. was the deputy governor of the region.