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Simon Zhavoronkov: Secret headquarters
It seems that Vladimir Putin begins to open his headquarters in the key regions of the country. Or someone wants such an impression to be created. One way or another, from the four regions there were reports about the formation of informal election headquarters by Vladimir Putin - which, recall, had not even announced his nomination.
About the formation of headquarters in St. Petersburg writes Kommersant. According to the publication, last Friday at a meeting with the First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, Sergei Kiriyenko in St. Petersburg, which was attended by Governor Georgy Poltavchenko and his deputy for domestic politics, Konstantin Serov, was represented by the structure of the city election headquarters Vladimir Putin. According to the sources of the publication, it will be created on the basis of the administration and will deal with administrative mobilization and work with the media.
Georgy Poltavchenko Gov.spb.ruAccording to the interlocutors of the publication, the headquarters Konstantin Serov will be headed. The former vice-governor in domestic politics, and now Alexander Govorunov, who oversees safety, will become the first deputy. And the political strategist Alexander Ershov, who has long been cooperating with the St. Petersburg administration, will be responsible for “creative and analytics”.
The “field” work of the headquarters, in particular, agitation, will be minimized, says one of the sources of Kommersant, it is planned to focus on fighting radical protest, media work and administrative mobilization.
It is interesting that according to the information of the St. Petersburg publication Fontanka, earlier there were several applicants for the post of head of the candidate No. 1 campaign headquarters. The rector of the St. Petersburg Mining University, Vladimir Litvinenko, and the plenipotentiary of the President of the NWFO Nikolai Tsukanov, argued through the close media.
Judging by the data of the 47news publication, the headquarters is gradually being formed in the Leningrad Region. Now, as the sources of the publication say, the option is considered in which the election headquarters will be headed by the chairman of the regional public chamber, Yuri Trusov, in May he celebrates his 80th birthday and, in general, is perceived by all as a decorative figure. If such an appointment will really take place, then, most likely, the control levers will remain with the governor Alexander Drozdenko, as well as the vice-governor of the domestic policy of Sergei Perminov.
Yuri Trusov Special.lenobl.ruThe fact that from day to day the head of the election headquarters will appear in the Sverdlovsk region, writes URA.ru. There are several applicants for this post. The most popular version is that Vladimir Tungusov, the head of the governor’s administration, who led his election headquarters in 2017, will receive a post “by office”.
However, the sources of the publication do not exclude that there may be surprises and someone else will head the election headquarters.
It should be noted that in the capital, as Kommersant told one of the political strategists working with the Moscow authorities, it is now “inventory of resources”, and it is too early to talk about the formation of the headquarters. However, the election will most likely be responsible for the vice-mayor Anastasia Rakov-although the presidential administration was "referred to without much sympathy."