Governor Ilya Klebanov announced the appointment on February 4, Regnum reports. Mr Taizaev comes from the post as adviser to State Duma deputy Vasily Usoltsev, a member of the Committee on the problems of the North and Far East.
For updated information about Russian regional policies, please check out Andrey Shalyov’s chapter in the Barents Review, a new publication from the Norwegian Barents Secretariat. Andrey Shalyov is the Regional Director of the Barents Secretariat’s office in Arkhangelsk