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the Chief of staff of the Governor – the Minister of the Saratov region Olesya Goryacheva resigned after the scandal with the procurement of PPE for doctors.

As RIA Novosti reported, citing the press-service of the head of the region, the resignation of the official linked to the scandal with public procurement non-sterile disposable medical masks at a price of 425 million rubles.

Today, the regional Ministry of health announced the termination of the contract Saratov pharmacy warehouse to the purchase of protective equipment at an inflated price. Only this organization was intended to pay more than 43 million rubles for protective suits, goggles, and medical masks. As told the acting Minister of health of the region Oleg Kostin, Director of the regional pharmacy warehouse Sergey Goryachev removed from his post.

the Regional authorities have taken this decision after the speaker of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin, who was elected Deputy from the Saratov region, asked the Prosecutor to check the legality of the suspicious transaction, including the existence of a conflict of interest.

As the press service of the head of the region Valery Radaev, the head of the office of the Governor Olesya Goryacheva (according to the news Agency “Vzglyad-info”, the Director of the pharmacy warehouse – her husband) was released from office on his own initiative.