The governor of the Irkutsk region Sergey Levchenko signed a decree on the dismissal of Alexander Bitarov from the post of chairman of the regional government. © IRK.LAND. Alexander Bitarov Bitarov filed a letter of resignation of his own free will, the press service of the regional government reports. Ruslan Bolotov, who held the post of deputy chairman of the Government of the Irkutsk Region, was appointed acting for this position.

The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation did not change the decision of the election commission of Buryatia, who refused to register the head of the republic to the representative of the Communist Party, Senator Vyacheslav Marhaev. At the same time, they plan to send materials about the possible use of an administrative resource in the region to the Prosecutor General. © bukprf.ru.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, on the way to the Nizhne-Burean hydroelectric power station, stopped in Tuva for two days. Accompanied by the Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu, the heads of Khakassia, Viktor Zimin and Tuva Sholban Kara-ool, he was engaged in submarine hunting and fishing. Details were told in the Kremlin. © Alexey Nikolsky/TASS.