
The director of the brick factory of the company "Renaissance" (village of Soviet) Yuri Kondakov was elected on June 27 by another candidate for the head of Mari El. This was reported to “7x7” by the former chairman of the regional branch of the Russian Party of Pensioners for justice Valentin Zlobin . According to her, at the same time, the party conference elected the newly -made candidate the head of the regional branch of the party.
The desire to declare its nominee in the election of the head of the region is connected with the desire of the party to bring out strength and declare itself, emphasizes Valentina Zlobin. Previous election campaign, elections of deputies of the State Assembly and municipal meetings, was missed primarily for financial reasons:
- We have few funds, we exist on a voluntary basis. For a long time they looked for the regional leader and now, in the person of Yuri Alexandrovich, they found him.

Photo from the website of the State Assembly of the Republic of Mari El. Yuri Kondakov - on the left
Yuri Kondakov is not a newcomer in the Russian Party of Pensioners for justice. He represented her predecessor - a party of pensioners in the State Assembly of Mari El in 2004-2009. Candidate for the head of Mari El - 51 years. In different years, he headed such enterprises as the Yoshkar-Olyon Confectionery Factory, CJSC Bakalea. He himself was inaccessible at the time of preparation of information, but Valentina Zlobin, who, according to her, was aware of all party affairs, answered all the questions of the 7x7 correspondent.
So, in her opinion, the collection of signatures of municipal deputies at the stage preceding the registration of a candidate in the republican CEC is not impossible for the representative of the Russian party of pensioners for justice to the task:
- Since the merger of the three parties [in 2006 by the merger of the political parties "Rodina", "pensioners", the party of life was created by the Just Russia party; Her regional branch in Mari El headed Valentina Zlobin] We have active cells in the areas. We are confident in the support of our supporters, whom we will find among members of other parties in municipal meetings of deputies.

Photo from the website of the State Assembly of the Republic of Mari El. In the center - Yuri Kondakov and Valentina Zlobin
The candidate of the Russian Party of Pensioners for justice cannot be considered technical, Valentina Zlobin is convinced:
- There is no such thing for us. Our representative is a native of the republic, lives and works here. I think that technical could be called candidates who are going to be elected with us, despite the fact that they live in other regions.
- Objectively, what result can a candidate from a party of pensioners for justice count?
- We want our representative to be supported by pensioners, who are in the republic of 200 thousand. It will be good if a significant part of them vote for a candidate from the Russian party of pensioners for justice. We are now faced with the task of restoring the party in the region.
According to the latest data from the CEC of Mari El, which is referred to by the blogger and journalist Mikhail Vinokurov, five applicants have already announced their intention to become participants in the struggle for the head of the region. So far, the campaigns of the choice of heads of regions in Chuvashia, Kostroma and Irkutsk regions, where documents to local election commission have already passed 7-8 candidates are potentially more crowded in the number of candidates. Elections of the heads of regions will be held on September 13 at 21 constituent entities of the Russian Federation.