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Governors of the Tomsk, Saratov, Kirov and Mari El regions of Russia, announce, This Tuesday, he resigned from his position. The leader of the Ryazan region also said that he will not run again in the upcoming regional elections scheduled for September.
According to Reuters, Economic sanctions imposed by the West on Russia They were originally from layoffs. The rulers of the Russian regions are politically dependent on the Kremlinwith these regions being the regions where Vladimir Putin’s party, United Russia, fared worse in last year’s parliamentary elections.
In Russia, very popular rulers tend to step down in the spring, Reuters explains. Ilya Grachenkov, President think tank From the development of regional politics in Moscow, he justified the rulers’ exit with sanctions and economic prospects less favorable to Russia due to Western sanctions.
“There is a need to rebuild the economy, especially in regions where the economic influence of the West is more significant,” explains Ilya Grachenkov, who advocates replacing these rulers with young men.
