The heads of Yaroslavl and Perm regions became the latest governors to be stripped of their duties by outgoing President Dmitry Medvedev, who has accepted resignations from a dozen regional chiefs since December. The heads of Yaroslavl and Perm regions became the latest governors to be stripped of their duties...

Outgoing President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday promoted Leningrad region deputy head Alexander Drozdenko to the post of governor of the region and reappointed Buryatia governor Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn. Outgoing President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday promoted Leningrad region deputy head Alexander Drozdenko to the post of governor of the region, the Kremlin said in a statement...

Former Regional Development Minister Viktor Basargin, who was appointed as Perm's next governor over the weekend, has promised to improve the region's infrastructure. Former Regional Development Minister Viktor Basargin, who was appointed as Perm's next governor over the weekend, has promised to improve the region's infrastructure...

President Vladimir Putin on Friday appointed a confidant of billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov as the acting governor of the Irkutsk region, where the metals magnate has a large gold-mining operation and other businesses. President Vladimir Putin on Friday appointed a confidant of billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov as the acting governor of the Irkutsk region...

The former head of the Leningrad region assembly was nominated Tuesday to become governor of the Karelia republic, a move seen as another attempt to replace a regional governor before direct gubernatorial elections go into effect this fall. The former head of the Leningrad region assembly was nominated Tuesday...

A bureaucrat who attended classes at Yale is tipped as the next leader of the Sverdlovsk region after Governor Alexander Misharin resigned Monday following a fatal road accident last winter. A bureaucrat who attended classes at Yale is tipped as the next leader of the Sverdlovsk region after Governor Alexander Misharin resigned Monday following a fatal...

Sergei Shoigu, during his inauguration as Moscow governor on Thursday, promised to promote investment and raise the region's $10 billion budget. KRASNOGORSK, Moscow Region — Sergei Shoigu, during his inauguration as Moscow governor on Thursday, promised to promote investment...

There are still more than 104,000 communal apartments in St. Petersburg, with residents of 750 flats being relocated this year at a cost of 1 billion rubles ($33 million), the city's governor Georgy Poltavchenko said Tuesday. There are still more than 104,000 communal apartments in St. Petersburg, with residents of 750 flats being relocated this year at a cost of 1 billion rubles ($33 million), the city's governor Georgy Poltavchenko...

... takes charge in Karelia. All three have already assumed their administrative responsibilities. Hudilainen was among the candidates to lead the Leningrad region, but that post ended up going to Alexander Drozdenko. So Hudilainen was instead installed as governor of Karelia. Yeroshchenko is a confidant of reformist presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov who led the Right Cause party's operations in the Irkutsk region. Kuivashev was transferred to the Sverdlovsk region after a stint in the government...

... economic policy, Putin promised that in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business ranking Russia would jump from 120th place in 2011 to 50th place by 2015, and then to 20th place by 2018. Meanwhile, although the new law concerning the direct election of governors has been signed, the Kremlin has been feverishly appointing new governors to avoid any unpleasant surprises at the ballot box. As a result, of the 11 gubernatorial elections originally slated for this year, only four will actually be held —...

The governors of the Samara and Leningrad regions resigned Thursday as the Kremlin pushed ahead with a campaign to replace unpopular regional leaders before the first direct gubernatorial elections this fall. The governors...

... candidates to additionally collect signatures of at least 0.5 percent of the local population. It also calls on political parties to consult with the president before nominating candidates and requires a court ruling to hold a referendum on removing a governor. Gubernatorial terms are limited to two consecutive five-year terms. The second bill says parties no longer have to collect signatures to take part in parliamentary elections. For presidential elections, it lowers the number of signatures required...

Buryatia President Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn and Leningrad Governor Valery Serdyukov resigned Friday, the Kremlin said. This follows Thursday's resignation of Samara Governor Vladimir Artyakov as well as three other regional bosses last week, in what many are seeing as a Kremlin ploy to remove unpopular leaders...

... English-language newspaper. 22 May 2012 In a new Cabinet whose composition was widely leaked in advance, Alexander Novak's elevation to the crucial energy portfolio came as one of the biggest surprises. In 2008, Novak moved from his role as a deputy governor of  the Krasnoyarsk region to the Finance Ministry in Moscow to become a deputy finance minister under Alexei Kudrin. Sources at oil and gas companies said Novak's appointment to the job of energy minister was unexpected and one former executive...

... country in a business jet, according to Forbes magazine.  The post of presidential envoy in the Urals Federal District, whose lifeblood is the heavy-machinery industry, became vacant last week after Putin nominated Yevgeny Kuivashev to become the next governor of the Sverdlovsk region. If made envoy, Kholmanskikh would become the first person with no prior government or political experience to hold such an office. The envoy’s office lacks the clout that it had when Putin formed the eight federal...

... 1985-1989: Leningrad prosecutor's office 1990: Founded own law firm Neva-Yust; deputy head of Leningrad city executive committee legal department; head of City Council; co-founded law firm Konvent 1994: Chairman of St. Petersburg legal committee under Governor Anatoly Sobchak, where he became close to Vladimir Putin 1998: Deputy governor of St. Petersburg; returned to Neva-Yust firm at the end of 1998 1999: Deputy director of legal affairs in the presidential administration. After Putin's appointment...

... limits and other road signs. At the beginning, members adorned their cars with blue buckets that children play with in sandboxes. Police said in March that there shouldn't have been a flashing blue light on the car carrying former Sverdlovsk region Governor Alexander Misharin that collided with two other cars outside of the regional capital in December in an accident that killed one of the drivers. Misharin and his driver suffered grave injuries. First Deputy Director of the Federal Customs Service...

... of Sciences. She headed social policy and personnel in various positions at Norilsk Nickel between 1999 and 2008, where she worked with current Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Khloponin. Her work in government includes a short stint in 2001 as deputy governor of the Taimyr autonomous district and two years as deputy mayor of Moscow before being appointed as deputy prime minister in charge of government education, health, labor and employment in May 2012. Golodets has published more than 30 research...

... in advance, Alexander Novak's elevation to the crucial energy portfolio Monday came as one of the biggest surprises of the day. Less than four years ago the man now in control of the industry providing about 40 percent of federal revenue was a deputy governor of the Krasnoyarsk region. In 2008, Novak, who was born in Ukraine, transferred to the Finance Ministry in Moscow to become a deputy finance minister under Alexei Kudrin. Sources at oil and gas companies confirmed that the appointment was unexpected...

... United States in January. Two previous shipments within the past year came from Australia. The company also imported 57 American Quarter Horses, the breed used on ranches throughout the United States. During a meeting at the farm with the Bryansk governor and other officials, Medvedev said Russia was committed to reducing its dependence on imported beef. Medvedev was forced to cut short the visit after a downpour and strong winds nearly knocked over the pavilion where he met with officials. "I...