Governor of Primorye Oleg Kozhemyako. Dossier. “A lot of good start. And he left ": What did Sakhalin remember Oleg Kozhemyako

Oleg Kozhemyako resigned from the post of governor of the Sakhalin region at his own request and was appointed acting head of the Primorsky Territory, according to the Kremlin website. The corresponding decree "On the Acting Governor of the Primorsky Territory" was signed by the President Vladimir Putin Wednesday, September 26th. The document was published on the Kremlin website.

“To appoint Oleg Nikolayevich Kozhemyako as the acting Governor of the Primorsky Territory until the person elected as the Governor of the Primorsky Territory takes office, accepting his resignation from the post of Governor of the Sakhalin Region at his own request,” the decree says.

On September 16, the second round of the governor's elections was held in the Primorsky Territory, it was attended by Andrey Tarasenko and Andrey Ischenko... As a result of massive violations, the regional electoral commission, on the recommendation of the CEC, declared the election results invalid. No later than December 16, repeated elections for the head of the Primorsky Territory will take place, in which Oleg Kozhemyako will take part.

We are publishing the text of the conversation between President Putin and Oleg Kozhemyako, published by the Kremlin press service.

V. Putin: Oleg Nikolaevich, the topic of our meeting is traditional - the social and economic situation on Sakhalin.

In general, the situation is known, everywhere there are issues that are subject to resolution, special attention from the leadership of both the country and the subject of the Federation. But in general, the situation on Sakhalin is good and even compares favorably with many other constituent entities of the Russian Federation, including in the Far East.

Nevertheless, problematic issues still remain, let's talk about this today.

O. Kozhemyako: Good.

That's right, Vladimir Vladimirovich, our demography is growing, I reported at the [State Council] Presidium in Vladivostok on the socio-economic situation.

I would like to briefly report on the federal target program for the development of the Kuriles. As you know, it was reapproved for [period] 2016–2025 in the amount of 72 billion [rubles], and its planned implementation is in progress.

To date, 20.3 billion rubles have been spent: 8.7 - from the regional budget, 2.6 - from the federal. This is the laying of wholesale fiber: Rostelecom will complete the laying at the end of this year, they have undertaken such obligations. And part of the investors' funds. The construction of fish processing plants in Shikotan is underway: one will be commissioned in October, the other will be surrendered the next year. Accordingly, housing is required for workers, social infrastructure, kindergartens, roads are required.

In addition, at a meeting with you, you supported the idea of \u200b\u200brelocating the village of Gornoye in the Kuril Islands and building a road to [the village of] Goryachy Klyuchi, building social infrastructure facilities.

Now it is necessary to slightly change the program, FTP [development] of the Kuriles, to expand it so that it is possible to fulfill all these wishes of the population and resolve the issues that have now arisen. Therefore, I would like to update it, and after your instructions with the Government I would finalize it on the spot.

I think that this would give residents additional opportunities to live in better conditions, have a guaranteed job, have a social infrastructure - for workers in the fish industry, for state employees, for the military. This would have a positive effect on the development of all the Kuril Islands.

V. Putin: Good. Let's talk about this in more detail later.

O. Kozhemyako: Vladimir Vladimirovich, being in Vladivostok at the forum, I, as a person who was born in Primorye, grew up there and began to work, of course, looked at the situation that arose there, it is not very good.

V. Putin: What do you mean?

O. Kozhemyako: I mean the situation related to the elections.

V. Putin: Why not good? Normal situation.

O. Kozhemyako: Normal situation. But in general, the potential that Primorsky Krai has is quite large, it is the most densely populated region in the Far East. That is, of course, there is a certain economy, and there is a fishery complex, a developed agriculture, a strategic location of the Far East to the countries of the Asia-Pacific region.

V. Putin: Of course, this is a key territory.

O. Kozhemyako: Yes. And, of course, a lot was done within the framework of [preparations for the APEC forum] in 2012, especially Vladivostok and the surrounding area have changed.

Of course, the population has high expectations, expectations of changes for the better. And, seeing this situation, understanding the economic component, having some experience of working in the regions, of course, I would like to agree with you, due to the fact that I am now the current governor of Sakhalin, the possibility of participating in the elections of the governor of Primorsky Krai - in order to meet the expectations of residents , and really make sure that the dynamics of development correspond to the tasks that the Far East faces today.

This, of course, is the implementation of decrees that affect all areas of activity. Here, of course, joint work will be required: the federal authorities, of course, and your support, and the very desire of the population to live better, to change for the better. Therefore, I would like to agree on such decisions with you.

V. Putin: That is, I understood you correctly, Oleg Nikolaevich, that you want to take part in the elections for the governor of the Primorsky Territory?

O. Kozhemyako: Yes, Vladimir Vladimirovich.

V. Putin: Good.

O. Kozhemyako: My native land, so yes.

V. Putin: Were you born there?

O. Kozhemyako: I was born and raised, and studied and worked. I took the first steps: I was also a deputy, a member of the Federation Council from there, that is, the land is familiar to me.

V. Putin: Were you a member of the Federation Council from Primorye?

O. Kozhemyako: Yes.

V. Putin: I see. That is, your home.

O. Kozhemyako: I keep in touch with classmates, with those with whom I studied, played sports, with whom I worked.

That is, for me this situation, of course, was somewhat, so to speak, not only alarming, but I think that all my experience, knowledge, strength I could apply - of course, with support.

V. Putin: Do you want to return home?

O. Kozhemyako: In principle, yes.

V. Putin: Oleg Nikolaevich, you really have a lot of experience and very positive. After all, you were the head of the Koryak District in Kamchatka, then you successfully worked as a governor in the Amur Region, and for several years, three years now, you have been working in Sakhalin, and each year ends with good results as well.

Well, if you want to try your hand at a large amount of work ... Of course, Primorye is a larger amount of work, without any doubt, it is a very promising, strategically important region for Russia, Primorsky Krai.

You can see how much effort we have been making lately in order to maintain an appropriate level of production there, to create comfortable conditions for people. This also applies to electricity tariffs in many regions in the Far East, this applies to other key areas of activity: infrastructure, education, healthcare. Of course, there are still a lot of problems, which we must pay special attention to, bearing in mind the importance of this territory.

I don't mind, please. But there is only one circumstance that you and I must take into account: in two months the elections should be ...

O. Kozhemyako: A very short period.

V. Putin: Yes, but what is the question - the question is that such an important region as Primorye cannot remain without leadership. Acting Tarasenko has already asked for another job - and it's clear why. Leaving such a significant territory, such an important region for the country as the Primorsky Territory, without leadership, is impossible not only for two months - it is impossible for one day.

Therefore, it will be necessary to make administrative decisions related to the leadership of Sakhalin, the Sakhalin Oblast, and the leadership of the Primorsky Territory. If you have made such a decision for yourself, then I will have to appoint you as acting head of the Primorsky Territory and, accordingly, resolve the issue of Sakhalin. Is this the final decision?

O. Kozhemyako: I am ready, and this is a verified decision with the understanding that there is a lot of work to be done, people have to justify a great desire for changes for the better, but nevertheless I am ready.

V. Putin: Good. I wish you good luck.

O. Kozhemyako: Thank you.

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Oleg Nikolaevich Kozhemyako - Governor of Primorye (since September 26, 2018), before that - Governor of the Sakhalin Region (since 2015), previously - Governor of the Amur Region (2008-2015). Ph.D. in Economics.

The early years of Oleg Kozhemyako. Education

Oleg Kozhemyako's parents are from the Amur Region; they were the first builders of the Primorskaya GRES, and their children - Oleg and Olga Kozhemyako - were born in the Primorsky district, in the village of Chernigovka. The future governor and his sister always had a strong and warm relationship, which they have managed to maintain to this day.

Governor Oleg Kozhemyako about his family

Oleg Nikolaevich studied in an ordinary village school. He always remembered these years with special warmth. After school, the young man entered the Khabarovsk technical school, after graduation (1982) of which he mastered the installation business. After college he entered the Far Eastern Commercial Institute, which he graduated in 1992. In parallel with his studies, he worked as a foreman at the Primorskaya TPP, and he also has military service behind him.

Political career of Oleg Kozhemyako

Following in the footsteps of his parents at the very beginning of his career, in 1987 Oleg Kozhemyako changed his mind and went into the flower business - he created a cooperative called Galatea. In 1989, Oleg Nikolaevich created the Primorsky cooperative, which was later transformed into a production and food association. In 1997, Oleg Kozhemyako was appointed chairman of the board of directors of OJSC Preobrazhenskaya Base of Trawl Fleet (PBTF), whose main shareholder was his cooperative Primorskoye.

Oleg Kozhemyako's political career officially began on December 9, 2001 with the election of an entrepreneur to the legislative assembly of the Primorsky Territory.

On November 27, 2002, with the support of deputies and former governor Yevgeny Nazdratenko, despite the negative attitude of the head of the regional administration, Sergei Darkin, Oleg Kozhemyako became the representative of the Primorsky Territory assembly in the Federation Council.

Oleg Kozhemyako inspects courtyards

On September 29, 2004, the politician resigned from office. During this period, he was approved for the post of adviser to the speaker of the Federation Council, Sergei Mironov. In the same year, he ran for the post of governor of the Kamchatka region, but took third place with 14.27% of the vote (Mikhail Mashkovtsev won with 38.37%).

On January 18, 2005 Kozhemyako took the post of vice - governor in the Koryak Autonomous Okrug. His responsibilities included control of the northern delivery and provision of fuel.

On March 9, the head of the Koryak district, Vladimir Loginov, resigned, and Oleg Kozhemyako was appointed his interim. On April 14, Oleg Nikolaevich took over as governor. In the summer of 2007, Koryakia and Kamchatka merged. On July 1, Oleg Kozhemyako left his post, and on July 27 he was included in the advisory committee of the State Council. Then he took the chair of the assistant to the head of the presidential administration.

In October 2008, Oleg Kozhemyako was appointed Governor of the Amur Region. In 2012, after the end of his first term, he was again nominated for this position on behalf of the United Russia party.

In August 2011, the politician took first place in the primaries of United Russia for the place of the deputy of the State Duma of the VI convocation. In the elections on December 4, 2011, he was elected to the Duma, but refused the mandate.

In 2012, Kozhemyako came up with a provocative idea, proposing to end unemployment payments to childless men who have reached the age of 18: “By paying benefits to young and healthy men, we are simply corrupting society.” On March 25, 2015, Oleg Nikolaevich Kozhemyako left the post of Governor of the Amur Region and by the decision of Vladimir Putin was appointed Acting Governor of the Sakhalin Region, replacing ex-Governor Alexander Khoroshavin, who had lost his authority due to a loss of confidence.

With the onset of 2016, Oleg Kozhemyako continued to work as the governor of the Sakhalin region. Taking into account one of the most acute problems of the region - the delay in wages to workers in the Sakhalin region, Kozhemyako took this issue under his personal control, in particular, promised the heads of debtor organizations special attention from law enforcement agencies, not excluding criminal prosecution.

Oleg Kozhemyako: what land will be allocated on Sakhalin for free

Personal life of Oleg Kozhemyako

Oleg Kozhemyako has known his wife, Irina Gerasimenko, since the institute. The father of the governor's wife is a tanker who went through the Great Patriotic War, and the woman herself is a very successful entrepreneur.

Meeting of the Governor Oleg Kozhemyako with the population

In marriage, Oleg Kozhemyako had two children. The eldest son - Nikita Kozhemyako - served in the marines in the Pacific Fleet, from where he returned with the rank of private. Graduated from Moscow University with a bachelor's degree in economics. After that Nikita Olegovich returned to the Far East, where for a long time he worked as a senior manager of the Preobrazhenskaya base of the trawl fleet. At the same time, in the year of entering the university, he became a member of the board of this enterprise. The family also has a daughter, Alisa, a student of one of the capital's schools.

Among the governor's hobbies is the biker movement. The governor first showed his "harley" to the residents in 2011, after which he could be seen more than once riding his favorite iron horse at the opening and closing of the biker season.

Oleg Kozhemyako is a politician today

Kozhemyako held the post of governor of Sakhalin until September 26, 2018, after which, by the decree of Vladimir Putin, he was "transferred" to the post of acting governor of Primorye. Such a sudden decision was associated with a scandal in the second round of elections for the governor of Primorye. Local election commissions were accused of rigging the results in favor of the United Russia candidate Andrei Tarasenko - after processing 99% of the ballots, he pulled ahead, although not long before that, when 95% of the votes had already been counted, the Communist Party candidate Andrei Ishchenko was leading by a margin.

Oleg Kozhemyako's victory in the election of the governor of Primorye

The scandal that broke out forced the CEC to cancel the results of the second round. Tarasenko wrote a letter of resignation of his own free will. Kozhemyako, who was appointed interim president, announced that he would run for governor of Primorye as a self-nominated candidate, apparently due to a decline in confidence in United Russia in the region. The re-election took place in December 2018. Following the voting, Kozhemyako became the new governor of Primorye. With a turnout of 39%, he received almost 62% of the votes.

Governor of the Sakhalin Region, 2015-2018. Governor of the Amur Region, 2008-2015.

Oleg Kozhemyako was born on March 17, 1962 in the village of Chernigovka, Primorsky Territory. In his youth he was engaged in boxing. In 1982 he graduated from the Khabarovsk Assembly College, in 1992 - the Far Eastern Pacific State University of Economics with a degree in economics. Additionally, in 2003, he graduated from the Postgraduate School of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Ph.D. in Economics.

He began his career in 1981 at the Primorskaya hydroelectric power station, state district power station, where he rose from a worker - a mechanic of the 3rd grade to a foreman. In October 1989, he created a production cooperative "Primorskoe", transformed in 1992 into a production and food association "Primorskoe".

In 1995, he was elected Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of OJSC Preobrazhenskaya Base of Trawl Fleet. And in 1998-2002 he was the chairman of the board of directors of JSC "Preobrazhenskaya base of the trawl fleet".

In the elections on December 9, 2001, Oleg Kozhemyako was elected a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Primorsky Territory of the third convocation, was a member of the committee on food policy and environmental management.

From November 2002 to September 2004, he was a representative in the Federation Council of the Russian Federation from the Legislative Assembly of the Primorsky Territory, a member of the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Protection.

Since October 2004 - Advisor to the Chairman of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov.

Since January 18, 2005, he served as vice-governor of the Koryak Autonomous Okrug. Appointed on March 9, 2005, Acting Governor of the Koryak Autonomous Okrug. Approved as Governor on April 14, 2005 by the District Legislative Assembly. In connection with the unification of the Kamchatka region and the Koryak Autonomous Okrug, on July 1, 2007, Oleg Nikolaevich Kozhemyako resigned as governor.

In July 2007 he became a member of the advisory committee of the State Council of the Russian Federation.

In 2007-2008, he worked as an assistant to the head of the presidential administration of the Russian Federation.

He took office as Governor of the Amur Region on October 20, 2008, after the approval of the candidacy of Oleg Kozhemyako by the deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the Amur Region.

In June 2012, the Amur regional branch of the United Russia party, Kozhemyako was nominated as a candidate for the post of head of the Amur region. On October 14, 2012, he was elected Governor of the Amur Region, gaining 77.28% of the vote, to office on October 20, 2012.

By the decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on March 25, 2015, he was appointed Acting Governor of the Sakhalin Region after the official resignation of Alexander Khoroshavin. The decree says about a new appointment to the post, and about the acceptance by the president of the resignation of Oleg Nikolaevich Kozhemyako from the post of governor of the Amur region.

According to the results of the elections held on September 13, 2015, Oleg Kozhemyako was declared the winner. On September 21, 2015, he took office as Governor of the Sakhalin Region.

By the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, on September 26, 2018, he was appointed Acting Governor of Primorsky Krai.

According to the results of elections that took place on December 16, 2018, Oleg Nikolaevich Kozhemyako was elected governor of the Primorsky Territory, gaining 62% of the vote. Kozhemyako is a member of United Russia, but participated in the elections as a self-nominated candidate. His rivals were LDPR candidate Andrei Andreichenko, Rosa Chemeris from the For Women of Russia party, Alexei Timchenko from the Growth Party.

Oleg Kozhemyako is the only governor in the entire history of the Russian Federation who has been the head of more than two subjects of the Russian Federation. Active State Councilor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class.

He is married with two children - a son and a daughter.

Oleg Kozhemyako won the elections for the governor of Primorye. After counting 99.04% of the ballots, he received 61.88% of the votes. Kozhemyako, appointed acting head of the region in September after self-recusation Andrey Tarasenko, who left after the previous election scandal.

Oleg Kozhemyako. Photo: RIA Novosti / Ramil Sitdikov

Prior to that, Kozhemyako was the governor of the Koryak Autonomous Okrug, the Amur Region and Sakhalin. His political career began in the Primorsky Territory, in 2004-2006. he was the representative of the region in the Federation Council.

Today Kozhemyako is the only governor in the history of the Russian Federation who has been the head of more than two constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

Dossier

Oleg Nikolaevich Kozhemyako was born on March 17, 1962 in the village of Chernigovka, Chernigov district of Primorsky Krai. Father Nikolay Ivanovich and mother Zinaida Karpovna - natives of the Amur region, worked on the construction of the Primorskaya hydroelectric power station (GRES). Subsequently, his father held the position of deputy chief for personnel and life of the state district power station. After retirement he moved to the Moscow region, where he took up literary work. Since 2004, he has published more than six books, including "True Stories", "Sailor's Pranks: Autobiographical Stories", "My Genealogy", "Parental Secrets: True Stories", "Vanya and Masha Visiting the Bees: A Book about Bees for children ”,“ Sweet summer ”.

Kozhemyako has a sister Olga, in marriage - Kravchenko.

Education

In 1982 he graduated from the Khabarovsk Assembly College with a degree in heating networks, and in 1992 - from the Far Eastern Institute of Soviet Trade with a degree in economics.

In 2003 he graduated from the postgraduate course of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, candidate of economic sciences. The topic of the dissertation is "Economic security of the real sector of the country's economy."

Military service

From 1982 to 1984 he served in the ranks of the Armed Forces of the USSR.

Professional activity

In 1981, he began working at Primorskaya TPP, rose from a 3-grade locksmith to a foreman of the hydrotechnical structures workshop of the Primorskaya TPP construction department of the Dalenergostroy trust.

In October 1989, he created the Primorskoye production cooperative, which was transformed in 1992 into the Primorskoye Production and Food Association (PPO).

In 1995 he was elected deputy chairman of the board of directors of OJSC Preobrazhenskaya base of trawl fleet, and in 1998 he was appointed chairman of the board of directors of OJSC Preobrazhenskaya base of trawl fleet.

Political activity

On December 9, 2001, he was elected a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Primorsky Territory of the third convocation, was a member of the Committee on Food Policy and Environmental Management.

From November 2002 to September 2004, he was a representative in the Federation Council of the Russian Federation from the Legislative Assembly of the Primorsky Territory, a member of the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Protection.

Since October 2004 - Advisor to the Chairman of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov.

On January 18, 2005, he was appointed to the post of vice-governor of the Koryak Autonomous Okrug, oversaw the issues of northern delivery and provision of the district with fuel.

On July 1, 2007, he resigned due to the merger of the Kamchatka Region and the Koryak Autonomous Okrug.

In July 2007 he became a member of the advisory committee of the State Council of the Russian Federation.

In 2007-2008, he worked as an assistant to the head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation.

In July 2012, the Amur regional branch of the United Russia party was nominated as a candidate for the post of governor of the Amur region.

On October 14, 2012 he was elected governor for a new term. In the elections he received 77.28% of the vote.

On March 25, 2015, he was appointed Acting Head of the Sakhalin Region. The former head of Sakhalin, Alexander Khoroshavin, was dismissed due to the loss of confidence of the President of the Russian Federation.

On September 13, 2015, he was elected Governor of the Sakhalin Region. In the elections he received 67.80% of the votes.

Titles and awards

Active State Councilor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class.

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV (2007) and III (2012) degrees.

Certificate of honor of the President of the Russian Federation (2010).

Family status

Married. Spouse - Irina Gerasimenko... Two children. Oleg Kozhemyako's family lives in Moscow.

Quotes from interviews

“I am sure that you need to live off the budget and, if it is not enough, pull up your pants and tighten your belts. And not so that from the Reserve Fund to throw at a difficult time or hope that someone will help us with something. "

“Democracy has come to Iraq too. The president was eventually overthrown by democratic means, by means of opposition. Therefore, if we allow democracy in the form in which everyone wants to see it, then we will turn not into a country, but into fragments. "

“I have always advocated that unemployment benefits should be paid only to those in need, and not to those who came to the labor exchange and simply did not choose a job to their liking.”

“If nothing has been done here for 20 years, it is difficult to reverse the situation in one year. Brains need to be changed. "

“If we provide ourselves with food, then, firstly, we will get quality, secondly, this is the cultivation of land that has been idle for many years, and these are environmental issues, thirdly, these are jobs, and fourthly, this is food security ... Therefore, I see real results for these areas. "

"The centralization of power bears fruit and increases responsibility."

"Salaries," communal services "and social obligations - these are the items that will always be fulfilled, regardless of the economic situation."

The Kremlin did not expect Sakhalin residents to rejoice at Oleg Kozhemyako's resignation

In the Sakhalin region, spontaneous mass celebrations took place on the occasion of the departure of the governor Oleg Kozhemyako to the post of interim head of the Primorsky Territory. Local mass media write that Tuesday, September 26, was a "special day" in the region, when Sakhalin residents sent each other "congratulatory messages". A source close to the presidential administration told our newspaper that "seeing what hatred Oleg Kozhemyako arouses in Sakhalin residents, the Kremlin is in shock." At the same time, political analysts are sure that the train of popular hatred, which stretches for Kozhemyako from Sakhalin, is unlikely to play against him in the elections for governor of Primorsky Krai, and he can become "his own" in the Far East.

Today on the website of the Sakhalin.Info publication a video survey of the inhabitants of the island was published regarding the resignation of Governor Oleg Kozhemyako and the appointment of his acting governor of the Primorsky Territory. Most of the Sakhalin residents interviewed by journalists are disappointed that Kozhemyako, without fulfilling his promises in 2015, promptly left the region. Others, on the other hand, are glad that Kozhemyako will no longer appear on Sakhalin.

“September 26 is officially recognized as the day of liberation of the Sakhalin Oblast from the Amur militarists.

So quickly the place turned up, immediately dumped. Of course, there is a feeling of being thrown and abandoned. He talked so much, planned what he wanted to do.<…> Probably, he did not cope with his powers, he decided to “develop” further. He says that he has put things in order [on Sakhalin], now in Primorye. But there was no sense from him, nothing changed, what was [Kozhemyako], what was not him. It used to be better.<…> He promised so much, did half of it, half did not. The same as [Alexander] Khoroshavin. They promised mountains of gold, fiddled around a little, and then left. I do not approve of [Kozhemyako's departure], because if I have already started, then be kind enough to finish it to the end.<…> The governors are some kind of tumbleweed. In one region, the business has done bad things, he is sent to another place, then to a third.<…> We are very pleased with [Kozhemyako's departure], we have to choose one of those who know Sakhalin, who is their native island, ”Sakhalin residents say in an interview. The inhabitants of the island advise their Far Eastern neighbors from Primorye to take a good look at Oleg Kozhemyako.

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On October 16, the deputies of the Primorsky Legislative Assembly will determine the date of the repeated elections for the head of Primorye. Acting Governor of the Territory Oleg Kozhemyako has already announced that he intends to go to the elections as a self-nominated candidate, while hoping for "the support of the parties." On the eve of Vedomosti it was reported that “a whole assault of employees and political strategists” was going to help Kozhemyako before the elections from the presidential administration. So, according to the publication, Boris Rapoport (whose candidacy is now being tested for the post of deputy head of the presidential administration for ensuring the activities of the State Council (UGS)) and Maria Sergeeva, an employee of the UGS, will go to Primorye. And for the very pre-election campaign Kozhemyako will be responsible for the head of the UGS Alexander Kharichev. In addition, Baxter Group's political strategists Oleg Matveychev and Dmitry Gusev, employees of the IMA-Consulting and Polylog PR agencies and, possibly, Grigory Kazankov, a political strategist, will be sent to the Primorsky Territory.

A source in the presidential administration told the website that "Kozhemyako has a chance to win, but it will be extremely difficult to win."

“There is a very influential local elite in Primorye. And if Kozhemyako cannot agree with her, then no matter how hard you try, you will not be able to do anything. Each district of Primorye has its own influential group of people with whom Kozhemyako needs to have time to establish a dialogue. [Andrei] Tarasenko could not do this, everyone saw the result, ”says the source. According to his forecasts, Oleg Kozhemyako will most likely be able to come to an agreement with the elite, because "he was a senator from Primorye, he has a business in the region, he understands the language of local elites, and knows its representatives personally." “Oleg Kozhemyako, over the years of his absence from Primorye, has acquired great federal ties, has become an influential person whose opinion is considered. Kozhemyako is able to attract large projects and funding to the region, and at the same time he will be able to speak with the people in their language, ”the source notes.

The head of the International Institute of Political Expertise Yevgeny Minchenko is sure that "the positive or negative background of Oleg Kozhemyako in the election of the governor of Primorsky Krai will not matter." “For the regions of the Far East, a certain pupation is characteristic, residents are not much interested in the situation in neighboring regions, they only care about their own and their own. And the fact that Kozhemyako is local (born and raised in Primorye - approx. Znak) is a big plus. But at the same time Kozhemyako has not been in Primorye for a long time, so he will have to go through the procedure of a second acquaintance with the elites and the population, ”says Minchenko.

The political scientist believes that Kozhemyako "certainly has a chance to win, but the elections will not be an easy walk for him." “The election campaign of Kozhemyako must be very financially secured. He has a very serious job ahead of him. It is worth considering that a significant part of voters still consider Andrey Ishchenko to be the winner of the governor's elections, so the Communist candidate is now one way or another, but the favorite of the campaign, ”Minchenko said.

Konstantin Kalachev, head of the Political Expert Group, agrees that the hostile attitude of Sakhalin residents towards Oleg Kozhemyako will not affect the results of the governor elections in Primorye. “When Oleg Kozhemyako came to Sakhalin with his team, it was painful. In island psychology, the division into “friends” and “aliens” is of great importance. They expected Kozhemyako to become a driver of development and an effective defender of Sakhalin's interests, which did not happen. But at the same time, one cannot look at the coastal prospects of Kozhemyako through the prism of the Sakhalin experience, because in Sakhalin he had to break the system through the knee, use harsh measures, and in Primorye he needs to negotiate, "Kalachev is sure.

However, the political scientist warns, even the fact that "for Primorye Kozhemyako allegedly can become" his own "- an illusion." “Any governor will act according to general rules, focusing on the head of the federal center. When people think that the heads of the region have the opportunity to show independence, swim against the tide, argue with Moscow, these are all roots from the 90s, "Kalachev notes.

Kalachev also highly estimates Oleg Kozhemyako's chances of winning the election: “Kozhemyako is a good politician, but it is important for him to solve the problem with Andrei Ishchenko. There are two ways to do this: for example, Ishchenko will not pass the municipal filter, with which the Primorsky authorities helped him before, but this can provoke a wave of protest, the second option is to negotiate with the Communist Party. "