Will “Serdyukov’s man” dilute the Smolny melancholy?
The new vice-governor of St. Petersburg, Mikhail Mokretsov, who was approved by the Legislative Council on Wednesday, has already been dubbed “Anatoly Serdyukov’s man” by the media. For now, Mokretsov will oversee only two committees - KUGI and the Committee on Land Resources. The fate of the remaining committees, which were temporarily handed over to four vice-governors after the dismissal of Sergei Kozyrev, is unknown.