Tatarstan President nominees introduced to President of Russia

The United Russia political party’s top officials have introduced to President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev candidates for the office of the heads of Tatarstan and Saratov region.

Attendees at the meeting were the Russian State Duma speaker, members of United Russia’s Supreme Council Boris Gryzlov, Secretary of the General Council Presidium Vyacheslav Volodin and Andrey Vorobiev.

Boris Gryzlov presented three candidates for the posts of each of the region’s chief executiveы; all of them are members of United Russia, he remarked.

The party’s top officials proposed as candidates the incumbent Prime Minister of Tatarstan Roustam Minnikhanov, Tatarstan State Council Chairman Farid Mukhametshin and President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev.

The candidatures of the Saratov State Medical University rector Pyotr Glybochko, region’s serving governor Pavel Ipatov and Saratov Duma chairman Valery Radayev were proposed, reports Interfax.