Sergey Mitin
Activists of the Novgorod branch of the party “Communists of Russia” arranged a festive salute in honor of the dismissal of the Governor of the region Sergey Mitin. On Monday, February 13, reported on the website of the political movement.
The Communists fired on the Central city square, a volley of ten crackers on the eve of Sunday.
“Throwing accusations in the back of the departing Governor, we will not. Voluntarily leaving the post, he made a courageous, albeit under pressure from the Federal government. You need to roll up our sleeves to start to clean up the “Augean stables”,” — said the head of the regional branch of the party Dmitry Perevozkin.
Earlier on Monday, Mitin has declared that has decided to leave his post early and appealed to the President of Russia Vladimir Putin with the request to give him a new assignment.
Last week, sources in several media outlets announced the resignation Mitina and the appointment of acting head of the region the head of the Agency for strategic initiatives (ASI) Andrey Nikitin.
At the election of the Governor of the Novgorod region in 2012, the candidate from the Communist party Olga Efimova did not overcome the municipal filter. The leader of the political movement, Gennady Zyuganov, felt that this happened because of administrative pressure, according to the website of the party.
Sergey Mitin headed the Novgorod region in August 2007. Before that, in 2004-2007, he held the position of Deputy Minister of agriculture of Russia, in 2000-2004 — Deputy Minister of industry, science and technologies of Russia.