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Vice-Governor of the Novosibirsk Region, who headed the election headquarters of the acting mayor of Znagkov, resigned

On the day of the election of the new mayor of Novosibirsk, the vice -governor of the region Viktor Kozoda, who previously headed the election headquarters of United Russia - candidate for mayor of Novosibirsk Vladimir Znatkov, resigned.

“I resigned, since another leader (ex -governor Vasily Yurchenko) took me to work and set certain tasks for me. Due to the fact that the person has changed, a new team is being formed to perform new tasks,” Interfax told the Kosoda on resurrection. Yurchenko lost his post on March 18 in connection with the "loss of confidence", almost immediately he had searches .

Previously, he was the head of the election headquarters of the candidate for mayor from United Russia Vladimir Znatkov, but at the end of March, the headquarters of the knowledge was headed by the State Duma deputy from the region Alexander Karelin.

The Siberian publication Taiga.info Kozoda admitted that he decided to leave power at the beginning of the year: "State service - many people think that there is a continuous joy. But this is a very hard work that takes a lot of effort, time and different opportunities."

On Sunday, Novosibirsk chooses a new mayor, an RFF representative Anatoly Lokot is considered the main competitor of the knowledge, in whose favor the five opposition deputies removed their candidates.

According to Gorizbirk, by 16:00 local time 24.7% of voters voted in the election. This is much less than in previous elections in 2009.

The final turnout in 2009 amounted to 50.4%. The acting mayor explores that 30-35% of voters will vote in these elections. The vote will end at 17:00 Moscow time.

As the chairman of the Olga Horizolcoma, the benefit during the press conference, previously said, in the mayor’s early elections, it was decided to abandon video broadcasting from the polling stations, as there was too little time to make changes to the city budget to receive the necessary amounts.