
The head of Astrakhan, Oleg Polumordvinov, wrote in the Telegram channel that he was forced to leave his post. He did not name the reasons for the resignation, but noted that "he made a difficult decision."
Oleg Polumordvinov served as mayor of Astrakhan from 2015 to 2018. Then he resigned due to the transition to the state examination of projects. In 2022, Polumordvinov was again appointed mayor of Astrakhan.
This is the sixth dismissal of the city chapter over the past month. At first it became known that the mayor of Sochi, Alexei Kopaygorodsky, left his post. After that, the mayor of Voronezh Vadim Kstenin and the head of Ivanovo Vladimir Sharypov reported the resignation. It also became known that the head of Lipetsk, Evgeny Vovarkina, transferred to the post of deputy governor of the region. In addition, Yevgeny Maslov, the head of Yoshkar-Ola, left his post.