The head of Transbaikalia leaves

On October 11, the Governor of the Trans-Baikal Territory, Natalia Zhdanova, announced her resignation.

Zhdanova, at the beginning of her address, stated that the decision to resign "has nothing to do with the assumptions and rumors that have spread in recent days, and has nothing to do with criticism and attacks on me."

“The decision was made due to my inner motives and objective circumstances, which open up a new, no less interesting and responsible period in my life,” said Natalya Zhdanova.

Zhdanova has served as governor of the region since 2016, before that she was the speaker of the regional parliament.

in the category of “virtually unelected” governors On October 9, Zhdanova was included by the authors of the “Index of electability of heads of subjects” from the Center for Electoral Practices and the Political Expert Group. about the imminent resignation of Zhukova Earlier, RBC sources spoke , they called the difficult socio-economic situation in Transbaikalia and the low level of support for the governor among the population the reason.