Andrey Nikitin
Acting Governor of the Novgorod region Andrei Nikitin is willing to work on a post of the head of the region. This assessment of the official given by the Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, RIA Novosti reported on Tuesday, July 18.
“Andrey, in my opinion, in any case, I don’t know in your opinion, because everyone has their own opinion, demonstrated that he is willing to fulfil duties of the Governor of your beautiful land,” Medvedev said at a meeting with young people in Velikiy Novgorod.
On 13 February the President of Russia Vladimir Putin accepted the resignation of the Governor of the Novgorod region Sergey Mitin and appointed acting head of the region the head of the Agency for strategic initiatives (ASI) Andrey Nikitin.
37-summer Andrey Nikitin was the head of ASI since its inception in 2011. The tasks of the Agency include the promotion of priority projects and improving the business climate in the regions.
Elections of the head of the Novgorod region will be held September 10. In addition to Nikitin for Governor expect the Deputy of the Novgorod regional Duma Olga Yefimov (it was put forward regional branch of the Communist party), former Deputy speaker of the regional Duma Mikhail Panov (from “Fair Russia”) and others.