Krasnoyarsk Territory Governor Viktor Tolokonsky announced his resignation. He made this statement at a meeting with the regional government and deputies. Thus, Tolokonsky became the third head of the region, who lost his post in the last few days. The first to dismiss Tolokonsky was Vice Speaker of the Regional Parliament Alexei Kleshko. In his Instagram, he published a photo of the governor, speaking to regional politicians. "Tolokonsky now:" I'm leaving. And even I leave ". Says, worried. This is very felt, "- wrote the vice-chairman of the Krasnoyarsk Legislative Assembly.

In his speech, the outgoing governor summed up the main results of his activities: the growth of the regional budget by 40% over three years, preparation for the Universiade-2019, development of the strategy for the development of the region, updating of the social legislation.

"I did not quit never started business. Now there is a regret that not all projects are implemented to the end. But I was always for an update. We have done a lot together, and I'm grateful to everyone for this.. I do not say goodbye to colleagues for the first time, I was always always thinking in a new job. Today it is not so. I apologize if someone offended. I'm quick-tempered, but I've always worked with love. And if there was not enough warmth for all - excuse me, "Kleshko retold the speech of Tolokonsky. "A worthy statement by a strong politician," he concluded..

Victor Tolokonsky was born in 1953. From 1996 to 2000. he was the mayor of Novosibirsk. After that, for ten years, from 2000 to 2010. , headed the Novosibirsk region. In 2010-2014. politician served as plenipotentiary representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Siberian Federal District. In May 2014. was appointed temporarily acting head of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, and in the autumn of that year he won in the gubernatorial elections.

Rumors about the soon departure of Tolokonsky from his post appeared earlier this week. In the entourage of the governor they denied. However, RIA Novosti referring to sources in the State Duma reported that the authorities have already looked after candidates to replace the head of the region. Tolokonsky can be elected by the head of FAOO Mikhail Kotyukov or head of the defense industry Sergei Sokol.

In the possible appointment of Kotyukov, there is nothing unusual, State Duma deputy Mikhail Degtyarev told Kommersant, who oversees the Krasnoyarsk Territory in the LDPR. "Mikhail Kotyukov is a vivid example of a young technocrat: he has experience of economic work in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, in the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation and successfully implemented a project to manage the property complex of the unified Academy of Sciences. In the region they know him, and he regularly happens there, "the politician said..

This is the third resignation of the head of the region since the beginning of the week. On Monday, September 25, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree dismissing the governor of the Samara region Nikolai Merkushkin. A day later, the head of state approved the resignation of the head of the Nizhny Novgorod region Valery Shantsev. Until the autumn elections of 2018. Acting heads of these regions will be Senator Dmitry Azarov and First Deputy Minister of Industry Gleb Nikitin respectively.

A series of resignations may continue in the near future. This development was not ruled out by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak. "There is an assessment of the effectiveness of the executive bodies of the authorities of the subjects, and most likely, as a result of this assessment, regional leaders can come to such conclusions. I think that there will be several of them, "the official said..

The main candidates for dismissal are the governor of the Omsk region Viktor Nazarov, the head of the Altai Territory Alexander Karlin and the governor of Primorye Vladimir Miklushevsky. A total of at least ten personnel reshuffles can occur. In particular, today, September 27, there were rumors that the statement of resignation was written by the head of Dagestan Ramazan Abdulatipov. He was allegedly already urgently summoned to the Kremlin to discuss possible successors.

It is possible that the series of resignations is caused by the Kremlin's desire to update the ranks of managers. This is attributed to the results of recent gubernatorial elections in several regions. They have a good result showed new politicians appointed to posts in the winter-spring of this year. The authorities considered that their victory means "request for renewal" among the inhabitants of the province.