The Governor of the Perm Territory Basargin announced the resignation

The Governor of the Perm Territory Viktor Basargin announced the early addition of his authority, Interfax reports . "My term of office ends in May, I consider it necessary to contact the president about early reservation," he said.

“Until September, a little time, a candidate nominated by the president (to the governors. - Ed.) Should adapt to the conditions of the Perm Territory, find interaction with residents, political and social movements of the region,” he explained.

At the same time, the name of the candidate Basargin did not name. He added a zlot that he does not intend to participate in the upcoming elections. "I decided not to go to the elections for a new governor's deadline. This decision is verified, thought out," Basargin said.

The governor did not specify what he intends to do further, emphasizing that he refers himself to the president’s team, and expressed confidence that his experience would be in demand.

“Of course, 2017 is a year that predetermines the development of both the Russian Federation and the Perm Territory for the nearest, at least 10 years. In this regard, it is very important that during this period there is political, economic stability in the region. It depends on the consolidation of society, on all the inhabitants of the region, all political, social movements move in the same direction,” he added.

Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov has not yet confirmed that Vladimir Putin accepted the resignation of Basargin. "We will inform the media when the president makes the corresponding decision," Peskov TASS said .

Basargin served as the governor of the Perm Territory since May 2012. Before that, from October 2008, he has been the Minister of Regional Development.

On the eve of the upcoming resignation of Basargin, he told Rain, referring to his own sources. The reason for the resignation, according to the three interlocutors of the television channel close to the presidential administration, was that under the Basargin in the region there were constant interethnic conflicts. In addition, the Kremlin’s claims caused relations between the authorities of the region with the influential deputy prime minister in the region Yuri Trutnev.

According to one of the interlocutors of the rain, several people are considered as candidates for the post of governor of the region: one of the current deputy governor, the deputy head of Rossotrudnichestvo, who previously headed the administration of the region Alexei Frolov or the head of the Moscow Department of Economic Policy Maxim Reshetnikov.

On Monday, Vedomosti reported the possible resignation of five governors . According to the sources of the publication, the Governors of Karelia, the Ryazan, Sverdlovsk, Novgorod and Ivanovo region, as well as the Perm Territory and Buryatia are under the close attention of the Kremlin.