Former head of the Jewish Autonomous Region Rostislav Goldstein has been appointed acting head of the Komi Republic.
Goldstein stated at a meeting with Putin that "with pride and honor" accepts his offer to become acting head of Komi. Earlier on Tuesday, the resignation of the current head of the republic was announced. Vladimir Uyba.
Information about the appointment of an acting head of the Jewish Autonomous Region was also confirmed. Maria Kostyuk — the head of one of the departments of the pro-government patriotic foundation "Defenders of the Fatherland" was Goldstein's assistant in the Federation Council. Therefore, the head of the educational retraining program for "special operations veterans," "Time of Heroes," could become the first woman to hold a governor's office since the resignation of the former head of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug.
Goldstein had already been involved in the political life of the Komi Republic (where he lived and worked in the 1990s and 2000s) as a State Duma deputy representing United Russia. He then became a senator in the Federation Council representing the Jewish Autonomous Region, a post he held until 2019.
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