The resignations of governors this year will be targeted, and Roman Kopin is named among the candidates for exit

The federal center has begun preparations for the gubernatorial elections to be held on September 10, 2023. In 20 constituent entities of the Federation (in Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, Oryol, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Ivanovo, Pskov, Voronezh, Kemerovo, Tyumen, Amur, Magadan, Moscow regions, Altai, Krasnoyarsk, Primorsky Krai, Yakutia, Khakassia, Chukotka and Moscow) they will be directly elected by citizens.

In particular, President Vladimir Putin held a series of meetings with the heads of regions who are to be re-elected in the fall, but in their public part there was no talk of elections. For example, in October 2022, he spoke with the governors of the Magadan, Ivanovo and Samara regions Sergey Nosov, Stanislav Voskresensky and Dmitry Azarov. In November, he received the head of the Altai Territory, Viktor Tomenko, and in January 2023, the head of the Novosibirsk Region, Andrey Travnikov. This series of meetings will not end, Vedomosti sources say. According to two sources close to the presidential administration, Putin is to meet with Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. Later, another interlocutor says, there may also be a meeting with the head of the Oryol region, communist Andrei Klychkov, who is also waiting for elections in 2023.