The head of the executive committee of the Sverdlovsk branch of the "United Russia" Aleksandr Kosintsev resigns from this post. The application has already been handed over to the Secretary of the Registry, Viktor Sheptiy, he told JustMedia. en.

The decision was planned a year ago, when Kosintsev agreed with the management of the Kalinin plant that he would lead the regional Executive Committee for exactly 12 months and return to his native enterprise after the election of the Russian president.

"After March 18, I had to return to the plant, under me held the position of deputy general director.

But after the gubernatorial and presidential elections, I was asked to hold a preliminary ballot, and then return. Honestly, I was not thrilled with this decision. But here the primaries have passed and I'm coming back, "he said..

Kosintsev participated in the primaries for the territorial group number 15. He did not hit the top four. The victory was won by Alexei Vikharev. To agree Kosintsev's departure with the presidium of the General Council may already this week. In his place he recommended his first deputy Andrei Mozolin.