Putin appoints new acting governors of the Vladimir and Tambov regions

On Monday, October 4, Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed United Russia lawmaker Alexander Avdeev as the acting governor of the Vladimir Region. Before entering the State Duma, Avdeev was the mayor of Obninsk, a city in the Kaluga Region.

Vladimir Spinyagin from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR), who had led the Vladimir Region since October 2018, stepped down ahead of schedule in order to join the State Duma. Putin accepted Spinyagin’s resignation on Monday.

Putin also accepted the resignation of the Tambov Region’s Governor Alexander Nikitin, who had been in power since 2015. In turn, he appointed Deputy Minister of Construction, Housing, and Utilities Maxim Yegorov as acting governor of the region. What Nikitin will do following his resignation remains unknown.