The first woman elected as head of Chelyabinsk

“The deputies unanimously voted for the acting head of the city, Natalia Kotova,” a spokesman said.

It is clarified that Kotova acted as mayor of Chelyabinsk since June 2019. In addition to her, the director of the Krasnoarmeysky boarding house for the elderly and disabled Vitaly Evgeniev and the head of the Metallurgical District of Chelyabinsk, Sergey Kochetkov, claimed to be a post.

On November 12, URA.RU, citing the press service of the City Duma, announced that a meeting of the competition committee for the election of the mayor of the city had been held in Chelyabinsk.