Future governor on reconnaissance in Arkhangelsk
Ilya Mikhalchuk, the most likely new governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast, yesterday arrived for a reconnaissance trip to the region. With his appointment, the Arkhangelsk administration faces a major reshuffle, and regional budget plans and priorities might see a re-orientation.
News site Rusnord.ru reports that the companies supporting the rule of sitting Governor Nikolay Kiselyov already have made clear that they are holding back their money. Likewise, the administration of Mr. Nikolay Kiselyov built up in the course of the last four years will now face a major reshuffle The Arkhangelsk regional parliament will on the 19 April vote on Mr. Mikhalchuks candidacy. The former deputy mayor of Yakutsk was this week proposed as new Arkhangelsk governor by the Russian presidential administration. The powers of sitting governor Nikolay Kiselyov are running out in April.
