Online broadcasting of the mayor’s elections will cost the budget of Novosibirsk 12.5 million rubles

The election commission of Novosibirsk ordered the organization of Internet broadcasting of the mayor. 12.36 million rubles will be allocated from the city budget for this, it follows from the documents of the state procurement.

The contractor for this money will have to organize a daily broadcast on a public site - from 7:00 on the voting to 7:00 the next, as well as a two -day one - on a closed official portal. Webcams will be installed in all territorial election committees of all areas of the city, as well as at 522 voting areas. According to the website of the city election commission, there are 595 polling stations in Novosibirsk.

The election of the mayor of Novosibirsk will be held on September 8, 2019. The current head of the city Anatoly Lokot (Communist Party), deputy of the Legislative Assembly Daria Ukraitseva, the coordinator of the local headquarters Alexei Navalny Sergey Boyko, the deputy of the City Council Evgeny Lebedev (LDPR), former senator Ivan Starikov, businessmen Sergey Pronichev and Viktor Mokrovitsky, ex-communist Vladimir Melnikov, announced the desire to run. The possibility of nomination is also considered by the independent deputy of the City Council Natalya Pinus. On the primaries of Yabloko, the publicist and businessman Dmitry Kholyavchenko won.