On Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin met in the Kremlin with the newly elected governors. The elections he called competitive and complex, widespread victory of existing regional leaders explained to the protection of national interests, and in return received a portion of thanks and assurances of readiness to follow all instructions. Some dissonance made only Voronezh head Andrey Gordeev, lamented the fact that governors have little effect on the federal center.
In a single day of voting on September 14 in all regions defeated incumbent governors who received an average of 77% of the vote. Some have won even with “Caucasian result” close to 90%. Strong opponents of incumbent governors almost universally not reached before the election or were not admitted to them, so that the victory of presidential appointees was predetermined. Announced by experts from the Kremlin-Civil Society Fund of intrigue around a possible second round in the Altai Republic, Yakutia and Krasnoyarsk Territory has not happened.
The meeting took place in the 1st case of the Kremlin under the dome of a spacious light and Catherine Hall.
When, after several hours of waiting in the hall allowed journalists, the governors were already seated at a round table. Most – serious and even grim-faced, some quietly whispered. After another 20 minutes in the room included the head of the department of internal policy, Vyacheslav Volodin, then head of the AP Ivanov, they sat down on the left and right of the presidential seat. When they appear governors shuffled chairs, rising to shake hands.
place at the table, obviously, did not depend on the result. For example, the absolute champion in the number of votes the head of the Samara region Nikolai Merkushin with 91% of the vote was sitting away from Putin, and with great difficulty has achieved victory in the first tuee governor of the Altai Republic Alexander Berdnikov – next to Sergei Ivanov.
Putin himself has called the elections the most ambitious in the history of Russia and emphatically stated that their main result is that “support was precisely those political forces that are ready to defend our national interests».
Sluggish election campaigns in areas with predictable results on the political field cleared Putin described as “competitive, complex struggle».
«What I would like to pay special attention: it is important not win as such without interest received, the main thing – it’s the trust of citizens in the electoral system and the results of the voting. We strive to ensure that the elections were open, competitive, held in full compliance with the spirit and letter of the law “, – Putin said.
As in the speech at Seliger, he complimented the parliamentary opposition and other parties, calling them the result of “good».
Following the elections on September 14, “Green” and “civil power”, having spent their candidates in regional parliaments, joined the list of parties that will not be collecting signatures to participate in elections to the Duma. Now there are 14 out of 77 registered.
Do not forget to remind the President of Duty and that the “broad support” fraught with great responsibility that we can not “rest on our laurels,” that people do not want to “global solutions” and work with domestic and social problems.
Finally Putin described as reinforcing the authority of local government Municipal filter – the one which the compartment on the choice of the strong opposition candidates, for example, Oksana Dmitrieva in St. Petersburg and Alexander Rutskoi – in the Kursk region.
Next President promised by the governors. Dialogue with them like ping-pong, Putin asked them to talk about their plans for the economy, and happily re-elected regional leaders took the time to thank the President for his election results and to respond to his requests synchronously:
«It is necessary to farmers stouter work. Okay? – There, Vladimir Vladimirovich.! »
« That is not just to prepare for the country in general, and for the regional market. Okay? – There! »
« Thank you, Vladimir Vladimirovich., For your trust and for your support. It is very difficult to convey emotion, when, meeting with people, you know how deeply from the heart, from the heart, they support you, trust. And that your trust was the most important decision of our residents. Thank you very much, Vladimir Vladimirovich., For the trust. It to us, of course, you need to justify, and it will have to work hard, “- almost blurted patter Volgograd head Andrei Bocharov. The rhetoric of the remaining governors differed little from his speech.
In addition to the turbulent helpful Putin, governors long talked about “plans for five-year periods,” the revival of the economy in response to the sanctions, working with Ukrainian refugees, the rise of industry and so on.
After listening to a single governor-communist Vadim Potomskogo on food security, Putin asked, Do not come at such a rate case before the introduction of the surplus.
General the style of the show had violated the governor, perhaps, only the performance of Alexei Gordeev. He once during the decade led by the Ministry of Agriculture, in the center of Moscow, then went to lift the Voronezh region and apparently longs for the federal government.
Gordeev proposed to strengthen the influence of governors on the decision of the Federal Center for Economic and Social policy, setting up a working group on the basis of the State Council of Governors 20-25, which will meet twice a year. The President instructed his administration to consider this idea.
In the lobby, while the rest of the governors thanked President at the camera, “Gazety.Ru” managed to learn in Gordeev details of his ideas. Voronezh Governor complained that before the heads of regions, working in the Federation Council, could adjust public policy, and now there is no one solution to land the federal government to “regional soil».
«Governors do not affect the decision of the center “- complained Gordeev.
His colleagues, however, went to the meeting, joking and smiling contentedly. Debriefing did not happen, national leader blessed them for the next five years.
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