Rossel will become a senator

The former governor of the Sverdlovsk region will represent the region in the Federation Council. According to Kommersant, he himself stated this at the last meeting with the ministers of the regional government. "I will become a member of the Federation Council from the executive branch of the Sverdlovsk region," said Rossel. According to the press secretary of Rossel Natalia Ponomareva, the proposal received the ex-governor during his recent trip to Moscow.

The Tyumen Senator Leonid Rocketsky believes that Eduard Rossel is suitable and he can even claim the post of vice speaker, who was released after the vice speaker Dmitry Mezentsev became the Irkutsk governor. “But I'm not sure that he needs it. Still, 19 years in the political arena, they take away strength as a governor,” said Rocketsky. The speaker of the Sverdlovsk Regional Duma Nikolai Voronin believes that "Eduard Rossel is a wonderful lobbyist, this is indispensable for the senator."

Meanwhile, sources in the regional government believe that the change of governor will entail a personnel permutation in the office of ministers. “It is unlikely that this will happen right away. Most likely, at first Misharin will restore all employees in their places, and six months a year later decide which of the ministers does not work effectively,” the Kommersant’s source said, adding that the word of Eduard Rossel will not be decisive and, perhaps, he will be able to help ministers only with further employment.

On November 10, President Dmitry Medvedev proposed to the post of governor of the Sverdlovsk region Alexander Misharin. United Russia presented the president for three candidates for the post of governor of the region: Alexander Misharin, the current governor Eduard Rossel and the chairman of the regional government, Viktor Koksharov. The term of powers of the Rossel, heading the region since 1995, expires on November 21.

Sverdlovsk region - the first region, the head of which is appointed according to the new procedure - from party candidates. Medvedev could name his chosen one on September 21: according to the law, for a month he must notify the party "On the results of consideration". But the first deputy head of the presidential administration Vladislav Surkov then only said that the president agreed with the proposed list.

Since January 2009, Alexander Misharin has been the director of the Department of Industry and Government Infrastructure, earlier for five years he served as Deputy Minister of Transport. Prior to this, Misharin held the positions of the Deputy Minister of Railway and the First Deputy Minister of Railways.