In Novosibirsk, the city council will ban residents from running for mayor.
The Novosibirsk City Council will consider the new version of the charter at a meeting on December 2, the issue has already been included in the initial agenda, Sibiran Express reported.
The main change is actually a complete ban on the participation of ordinary residents in the mayoral elections. The candidates will be appointed only by the governor based on the proposals of parliamentary parties, as well as the government-controlled Council of Municipal Ensembles, the Public Bureau and the All-Russian Association for the Development of Local Self-Government.
Direct mayoral elections in Novosibirsk were abolished in 2023, after which the mayor was appointed by deputies from among the candidates approved by the competition commission. At the same time, residents still had the right to nominate and submit an application to the commission - in 2024, independent deputy Igor Okrantsev did this, who was soon arrested. Now, after changes in the federal law, even this model is prohibited in administrative centers - the mayor can only be appointed from candidates proposed by the governor. In 2026, the regional parliament, at the suggestion of the governor of United Russia Andrei Trevnikov, already approved the corresponding bill.