Viktor Tolokonsky
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Political career of the 64-year-old Victor Tolokonsky was primarily associated with the Novosibirsk region. Since 1993 he spent seven years headed the administration of Novosibirsk, then moved to the regional government: twice elected to the post of Governor, and after the abolition of direct elections was appointed by presidential decree. At the head of the region Tolokonsky worked for 10 years, and his unexpected transition in 2010 to the post of the Plenipotentiary representative of RF President in the Siberian Federal district, many analysts perceived as a demotion.
Tolokonsky to the post of head of the Novosibirsk region was replaced by Vasily Yurchenko, who stayed in the Governor’s chair not long — in March 2014 he was dismissed with the formulation “in connection with loss of trust of the President.” Experts attribute the failure Yurchenko opposition Tolokonsky, who soon also left his post in may 2014 he became acting Governor of the Krasnoyarsk region.
“It was a coincidence. On the one hand, left the Governor Lev Kuznetsov, it was clear that he will leave Krasnoyarsk. But at the same time, in Novosibirsk there was a conflict between the Ambassador and the Governor. Probably all played to the appointment Tolokonsky,” said TASS political analyst Sergei Komaritsyn.
Budget, revenues, profit
Tolokonsky won the gubernatorial election in September 2014, gaining 63% of the vote. His closest rival — the Chairman of Committee on Affairs of village and the agroindustrial policy of Legislative Assembly of edge Valery Sergienko then received only 14%.
Novosibirsk politician led the region in crisis 2014. “The region can and should develop at the expense of its own economy”, — he said then, I set the objective to increase the revenues of the consolidated budget of 100 billion rubles for six years. For 2015-2016, this figure rose to 40 billion rubles to 200 billion rubles.