Mr. Vorobyov has previously been Deputy Governor. He has also been mayor of the closed military town of Zaozersk. Several opposition politicians expressed major scepticism with the new deputy governor saying that the regional prosecutor’s office has confirmed that Mr. Vorobyov when Zaozersk mayor violated federal law. He is reported to have misused federal funding. However, the prosecutors say that the case is obsolete. A one and a half debate, the members of the parliament voted in favour of the new high official. From before Murmansk Oblast has one first deputy governor, Mr. Aleksandr Makarov
