The mayor of Vologda, Sergey Zhestyannikov, resigned.
The governor of the Vologda region, Georgi Filimonov, announced personnel changes today at an operational meeting in the regional government.
Sergey Zhestyannikov, who currently serves as the mayor of Vologda, returns to the regional government as first deputy governor. As the governor noted, during the leadership of Vologda, Zhestyannikov showed a high level of work efficiency in terms of controlling all 373 objects that are being built, repaired and restored on the occasion of the anniversary of the city. As the first deputy governor, he will oversee the construction and landscaping complex.
Ruslan Vaniev, deputy mayor, was appointed acting head of Vologda.
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Before leading Vologda, Sergey Zhestyannikov worked in the region's immigration service. In 2016 he retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel and moved to the civil service - headed the administration of the Vologda urban district, and in 2017 he was elected the head of the district. In December 2023 he became the deputy governor, in June 2024 - the chairman of the legislative assembly of the region, in July 2025, at the suggestion of Governor Filimonov, he was appointed deputy mayor of Vologda, and in August of the same year he was officially elected mayor.
The winner of the grand final in the competition "Leaders of Russia" - 2022, as a result he was trained at the School of Deputy Governors on internal policy in the management workshop of Sanj.
Ruslan and Nev worked in the administrative structures of the Vologda city district, which were supervised by Zhestyannikov. In 2023 he headed an urban project in the housing and community services sector, in June 2025 he was appointed deputy mayor of Cherpovets and head of the housing and community services department and in November of the same year he was elected head of Washinskii district. He soon moved to the Vologda administration - first to the position of deputy mayor, and from April 2026 - first deputy, overseeing the departments of construction, gardening and architecture and city planning.