Chukchi against the resignation of Abramovich

Rumors about the early resignation of Roman Abramovich from his post by the governor of the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug (POCA) in 2007 made the effect of an exploding bomb on Chukotka. The official statement of the Chukchi government, published the day before, says that reports about the change of the governor have led to the destabilization of the work not only of the governing bodies, but also the entire economy of the region. " However, local officials are ready to fight for their leader to the end, writes "News Time" .

“We will look for the person who allowed the information leak, in any case, you need to think first, and then speak. For us, the situation is extraordinary,” said Governor Svetlana Golubeva, spokesman for the governor.

Meanwhile, according to yesterday’s statement from the Chukchi government , the local public intends to ask Roman Abramovich to stay as the governor until 2020.

"At present, a large -scale work is underway in the region to create a development strategy until 2020. This is a project that should calculate the prospects of the main industries, determine the development of exploration and mining industry, provide for a comprehensive use of unique climatic and geographical features of Chukotka. Until the work has been completed, the governor will not leave his post," said the head of Government of the Chao Andrei Gorodilov.

The Far Eastern Envoy of Ishakov commented on the situation by the situation by diplomatically: "We are not pushing anyone to leave. Of course, maybe the leaders themselves go and plan something to themselves, but they don’t talk about it."

The local authorities, although they are nervous in connection with the reports of Abramovich’s possible care, but they continue their work. Open bakeries and shops. The last complex in a festive atmosphere was launched on Wednesday in the village of Rytkuchi, Chaunsky district. At the opening of the last flight of the local navigation in Rytkuchi, a batch of food from the singer was brought in. These are vegetables and fruits that brought there from the USA.

Recall that on Tuesday, a source close to the Cao administration said that the owner of the Chukotka was ready to leave the post in 2007. The corresponding letter allegedly in December will be sent to the apparatus of the Far Eastern envoy Kamil Ishakov, and then the President of the Russian Federation. It should be noted that its term of office expires only in 2010.

Surrounded by the oligarch claimed that he was not on the desire to remain the governor, a year ago - during the approval for the second term . However, in May 2005, the presidential envoy in the Far East Konstantin Pulikovsky said that he would recommend to the President of Russia to appoint Roman Abramovich the Governor of Chukotka for a second term. The president’s plenipotentiary spoke with praise about the businessman’s abilities for leading work and said that he was managing Chukotka better than most other Far Eastern governors with his regions.

Meanwhile, Russian political scientists believe that the possible departure of Roman Abramovich from the post of Governor of the Chukotky AO is not associated with political, but with personal motives. “Its likely care is not associated with great political changes, but with a conflict in the family ,” said Sergey Markov, director of the Institute of Political Research.

A similar assessment of information about the possible resignation of Abramovich was given by the president of the Politics Foundation Vyacheslav Nikonov. “Usually, nothing is politically dripped over him, and I have not heard any complaints about him, like the governor. Therefore, for sure, this is a personal decision, and there is no policy here,” Nikonov said.

Recall that in 1999, Abramovich was elected State Duma deputy in the 223rd Chukotsk Particular District, receiving about 60% of the vote. A year later, Abramovich’s popularity in the region became almost absolute, and about 90% of voters voted in the governor's elections in December 2000.

As a governor, Roman Abramovich visited the subordinate territory from time to time. In constant regime, for several years the territory is led by the head of the district of the district Andrei Gorodilov.

After the election, Abramovich registered three Sibneft subsidiaries on Chukotka (the main owner of which Abramovich remained before the sale of Gazprom in September 2005), which filled the budget of the Autonomous Okrug by 80%. The gross product of the region has grown five times over the past five years, the revenue of the Chukchi budget for 2005 increased to 8.9 billion rubles.

The governor launched the construction of housing, raised the average salary of up to 20 thousand rubles and made residents of the territory a variety of gifts - from the free installation of double -glazed windows in the residential buildings of Anadyr to the summer tourist vouchers to the south.