Silver medalist of the Summer Olympics in Athens 2004, multiple winner of the World and European championships, Honored Master of Sports of Russia, athlete Olesya Krasnomovets joined the struggle for the post of governor of the Sverdlovsk region. On Sunday, June 25, her candidature was accepted by delegates of the party conference "Patriots of Russia". For Krasnomovets voted unanimously.

"For me this is a very bold decision. But I, as a professional sportswoman, do not fear difficulties, I look ahead and believe in our youth, because the future is behind it. I thought about the proposal of the "Patriots of Russia" for a while, but I accepted it because I am close to the goals and tasks that the new leadership sets in terms of working with young people, developing civic initiatives and implementing projects related to sports, physical culture and healthy lifestyles. We have big plans for joint activities, we will work in a team and, sure, we will achieve good results, "said Krasnomovets.

Also at the Sunday conference "Patriots of Russia" decided on a candidate for the post of mayor of Nizhny Tagil. The competition for Sergei Nosov will be coordinator of the social movement "Tagil without yam" Nikita Chapurin.

Recall, June 10, its candidates for the election put forward four parties.

From the LDPR for the post of Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region, State Duma deputy Igor Toroshchin will compete, Alexei Parfyonov, Managing Director of Plus Bank, from the Communist Party, Alexei Parfyonov, Managing Director of Plus Bank, and Dmitri Sergin, the deputy of the EHD, nominated the Russian Party of Pensioners, while United Russia,. On Sunday, June 11, the candidate was determined by the "Greens" (Konstantin Kiselev) and "Fair Russia" (Dmitry Ionin). And on June 21, the federal leadership of the Yabloko party nominated Yevgeny Roizman as a candidate for governors.

Elections of the governor of the Sverdlovsk region will be held on September 10.