“If you are hinting that he (Levchenko. - RT ) is a representative of the Communist Party, I want to assure you right away that this has nothing to do with the matter. Representatives of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in some other regions, and representatives of other parties, including the Liberal Democratic Party, are working as governors in our country, ”Putin answered the question of whether Levchenko’s resignation was accepted only because of the situation in Tulun or if there were any other then the reasons.
According to Putin, the main thing for him is that a person works efficiently.
“I have other figures that say that there are a lot of problems in Irkutsk. This is the first. Secondly, I can’t say that Governor Levchenko worked very poorly there, no, but the situation that has developed is too complicated to work slowly, ”he added.
On December 12, Russian President Vladimir Putin accepted the resignation of the head of the Irkutsk region, Sergey Levchenko, appointing the acting regional governor Igor Kobzev.
Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Siberian Federal District Sergei Menyaylo called Kobzev’s first task to solve the problems of citizens affected by floods.
Kobzev himself considers a priority to improve the living standards of the population.