“Evgeny Kuyvashev (governor of the Sverdlovsk region. -

RT

) made a decision to appoint Alexander Vysokinsky to the post of first deputy ... Alexander Vysokinsky accepted the offer made to him.

He will take up a new position after all the necessary procedures have been carried out, ”TASS reports.

Earlier, the former first deputy governor of the Sverdlovsk region, Alexei Orlov, was appointed first deputy head of Yekaterinburg.

URA.RU, citing a source, also reported that Vysokinsky is leaving the post of mayor of Yekaterinburg.