"Vedomosti": the head of Karelia will resign

Governor of Karelia Alexander Khudilinen will be resigned in the near future, Vedomosti write , referring to sources in the Kremlin. According to them, the head of Rosleskhoz Ivan Valentik is considered as a candidate for replacement. He is 40 years old, he is a native of Petrozavodsk.

According to the deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, the chairman of Yabloko Emilia Slabunova, the talk about the appointment of the Valentine began even at the end of 2016. Then other surnames began to be called - in particular, the head of the Karelian department of the FSSP Andrei Galyamov.

Press Secretary of Vladimir Putin Dmitry Peskov, the issue of the publication about the possible appointment of the acting governor Karelia Valentine left without comment.

On Tuesday, Putin accepted the resignation of the head of Buryatia Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn, appointing the deputy minister of transport, 40-year-old Alexei Tsydenov in his place. This is the second consecutive governor's resignation this week: on Monday, the leader in the Perm Territory was replaced by the governor Viktor Basarginfiled to resign .

Basargin explained his decision by the fact that his term of office expires in May and he wants the candidate nominated by the president to the governors to be able to adapt to the conditions of the Perm Territory until September. Putin proposed to take the post of acting Governor of the Perm Territory Head of the Department of Economic Policy and Development of Moscow Maxim Reshetnikov.