Putin has replaced the head of the Samara region
Is Nikolay Merkushkin, who retired from his post at his own request, the acting Governor appointed Dmitry Azarov.
Moscow. September 25. INTERFAX.RU — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on early termination of powers of the Governor of the Samara region Nikolay Merkushkin, reported the press service of the Kremlin.
“To accept resignation of the Governor of the Samara region Merkushkin at own will”, — stated in the text of the decree of the President.
According to the decree, Dmitry Azarov was appointed acting Governor until the inauguration of the person elected the Governor of the Samara region.
A separate decree the President of Russia merkoushkin special representative of the President on interaction with the world Congress of Finno-Ugric peoples.
On the eve, Russian media reported that in the beginning of the week can be followed for early dismissal of heads of the Russian regions. Among the regions which may fall under personnel changes, the newspaper “Kommersant” called the Ivanovo, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, Murmansk, Novosibirsk, Omsk oblast, Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO), and Krasnoyarsk and Altai territories.