The Governor of the Ulyanovsk Region resigned

The governor of the Ulyanovsk region Sergey Morozov resigned of his own free will. The text of the appeal is published on his Facebook. This is the second head of the region, leaving his post in two days. Morozov has been holding a position since 2005, longer than the leaders of all other regions and republics in Russia.

In the appeal, Morozov said that he believes that he could benefit the region in a new status - and plans to run for the State Duma. According to him, his resignation is connected with the desire to work in parliament.

The day before, Russian President Vladimir Putin fired the head of Tuva Sholban Kara-ool who wrote a statement at his own request. He led the region since May 2007.

The resignation of old-arcual officials was predicted in the analytical report "Mintchenko Consulting" in March. According to the authors of the report, in the “red zone” of political stability were three governors - the head of Tuva, the head of the Ulyanovsk region and the head of North Ossetia Vyacheslav Bitarov, who headed the region in 2016.

The authors explained his possible dismissal with the protests of Covid dissidents in the republic and attention to the case of an accident with the participation of his brother, who later, presumably, committed suicide .

• On March 31, the Kara-oola press service denied his ambulance. Morozov in March stated that he was ready to participate in the elections of the head of the region this fall.