“In accordance with the law, the government of the Penza region resigns.
At the same time, it continues to operate until the formation of a new cabinet of ministers, ”RIA Novosti quoted Cheremushkina as saying.
On March 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the resignation of the previously detained Governor of the Penza Region, Ivan Belozertsev, due to the loss of confidence.
Belozertsev was detained in the case of a bribe in the amount of over 31 million rubles.