Andrey TURCHAK, Governor of the Pskov Region: “On the one hand, it is necessary to redistribute powers and finances towards regions and municipalities, which is understandable from the point of view of economic and social motivation. On the other hand, the centralization (concentration of resources) of power and the vertical are so far the only effective means to ensure the political, social, cultural, if you like, civilizational unity of Russia.” According to PAI , 13 July.