The head of Udmurtia, Alexander Brechalov, has resigned.

Vladimir Putin accepted his resignation "of his own free will." 

A former deputy government official has been appointed acting head. Udmurtia, and now an assistant to the Minister of Agriculture of Russia Olga Abramova.

Brechalov held the post of head of Udmurtia since 2017.

He began his career as deputy head of the regime service Chkalovsky Garrison, worked as a legal adviser and headed the legal department of UniCredit Bank. He was president of the small and medium-sized business organization "Opora Rossii" (2012–2014), co-chairman of the central headquarters of the All-Russian Popular Front (2013–2018), and secretary of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation (2014). 

Photo: Nikolay Galkin / TASS and the Government of Udmurtia