Ms. Tsimbalyuk represents the United Russia party. She was elected with a majority of 19 votes of the local town council. Her contender was Yuri Kulepov, the leader of the Northern Fleet’s Nuclear and Radiation Security Unit, Murman.ru reports. Aleksandrovsk is a newly town entity, based on the merged military towns of Polyarny, Snezhnegorsk and Skalisty. The new town continues to be a closed military area closed for foreigners and ordinary Russians.