“I presented Evgeny Leonidovich Nikonov at the regional headquarters for coronavirus today. He will take the post of deputy chairman of the regional government on social issues. In the near future I will sign the corresponding order, ”Degtyarev said on Instagram.

As noted by RIA Novosti, Yuri Minaev has been holding the post of Deputy Chairman for Social Affairs since July 2019. Official information about his dismissal was not published. 

At the end of July, the interim governor of the Khabarovsk Territory, Mikhail Degtyarev, spoke about the reshuffle in the regional government. According to him, First Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Khlapov left the administration. Degtyarev also added that he was expecting a letter of resignation from the deputy chairman of the regional government Yuri Zolochevsky by mail, which would also be signed.