Peskov said that Putin highly appreciates the work of Sobyanin

Russian President Vladimir Putin highly appreciates the results of the work of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, the support of the head of state in the autumn elections of the mayor of the capital is obvious, said the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov.

“The President highly, very highly appreciates the results of the work of Sergei Sobyanin as mayor of Moscow. Actually, Moscow is one of the leading regions, backbone regions and regions that set trends in almost all areas of our country’s development. Therefore, of course, the president’s support is obvious here,” Peskov said.

Moscow mayoral elections will be held on September 10, 2023. The decision was accepted Moscow City Duma the day before, June 7.

According to current legislation, the Moscow City Duma must schedule the election of the mayor of the capital no earlier than 100 days and no later than 90 days before the single voting day. This year, the single voting day will take place on September 10th. After the announcement of the date of the elections, the nomination of candidates will begin.

The current mayor of Moscow is Sergei Sobyanin. He took up this position in October 2010 by presidential decree. Since then, Sobyanin has been re-elected twice. In 2013 and 2018 he participated in the elections as a self-nominated candidate. In 2018 Sobyanin won in the elections with 70% of the vote.

Previously, Vedomosti, citing sources wrotethat the Moscow conference of United Russia on June 9 will nominate Sobyanin as a candidate for the election of the head of the capital.