Vladimir Miklushevsky, who served as governor since 2012, resigned at his own request, the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov told reporters. On the official website of the President of the Russian Federation there was information about a person who will now head the region: Andrei Tarasenko has been appointed acting head of the Primorsky Territory. Vladimir Putin has already brought a meeting with the new governor. Tarasenko previously held the post of general director of Rosmorport, he came from Primorye - in 1963 he was born in Vladivostok. In his first education he was a submarine officer, later a manager in the Academy of Civil Service under the President of the Russian Federation and worked in senior positions in Rosatom State Corporation, Rosselkhozbank, and in 2013 in Rosmorport, that is, he has rich management experience. Tarasenko has a doctorate in philosophy and was awarded the Medal "For Services to the Fatherland", I degree. Miklushevsky became the sixth governor, who from the beginning of September sent in retirement Vladimir Putin. Political scientists previously predicted this development.

Recall, commenting on the changes in the governor's corps, the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov said:

"As for the young technocrats, I would say differently: young broad-profile specialists. They are young talented broad-profile specialists, they all have experience working in federal bodies at various polling stations and in regional authorities and, in the president's opinion, are able to realize, despite their young age, the potential for the development of those regions that they headed ". The process of changing the heads of regions Peskov called normal, the expected process.