The resignation of two governors, the first Nobel Prize. The main thing for the day

Putin replaced the heads of the Vladimir and Tambov regions, Sobyanin and Vorobyov proposed new measures against covid-19, Nobel Prize in Medicine, reaction to the "Pandora archive". The main events of the day - in the review of RBC

Putin replaced two governors in a day

President Vladimir Putin appointed Deputy Minister of Construction, Housing and Communal Services Maxim Yegorov as acting governor of the Tambov Region . The presidential decree said that Alexander Nikitin, the HEAD of the region, had previously written a statement about the early termination of his powers. Nikitin has served as governor of the Tambov region since 2015. In June last year, he turned to Putin for support in running for elections and, as a result, won the elections in September 2020, gaining more than 79% of the vote.

Putin has appointed United RUSSIA State Duma deputy Alexander Avdeev as the new acting governor of the Vladimir Region. Earlier, RBC sources called him the Kremlin's main candidate for this post. Avdeev has managerial experience: he was the mayor of Obninsk, then the vice-governor of the Kaluga region, he graduated from the School of Governors. On September 29, the press service of the regional administration announced that Vladimir Sipyago, the governor of Vladimir, had written a letter of resignation and intended to leave for the State Duma. RBC sources reported on the upcoming change of governor in the Vladimir region even before the elections.

Sobyanin and Vorobyov came up with new anti-COVID initiatives

Due to the increase in the number of new infections in Moscow and the Moscow region, the heads of these regions made new proposals to strengthen the fight against the epidemic. Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyov asked the government to include CORONAVIRUS vaccinations in the vaccination calendar. According to him, those who abstained from vaccination are now getting into hospitals. “We consider this very important and necessary to save people's lives,” the governor said.