Valery Shantsev
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MOSCOW, September 26. /TASS/. Political analysts believe that the departure of Valery Shantsev as Governor of Nizhny Novgorod region can be caused by his conflict with regional elites, and that it lies in line with the resignation of the head of the Samara region Nikolay Merkushkin, which occurred on Monday.