On February 13, 2020, Anatoly Artamonov, who headed the Kaluga region for almost 20 years, resigned. To fulfill the responsibilities of the regional governor, the President appointed Mayor Obninsk Vladislav Shapshu. A few months later - in September 2020 - Shapsh won the governor elections and got rid of the prefix "VRIO".
Already as a year, Vladislav Valerevich is led by the Kaluga region. It should be noted, at nothing just happened to him to become the governor. About how Vladislav Shapzha copes with this, told the famous Russian political scientist Dmitry Nechaev in an exclusive commentary "Kaluga news":
- First of all, I will note that now for the subjects of the Federation it is not the most stable time due to the rigid control of personnel policy by the Kremlin. According to my data, since 2016, the regions have already occurred 61 personnel purposes. Including in the Kaluga region.
According to Governor Vladislav Shapesha for the year of his work, I made several conclusions and observations. The most important thing, he was able to quickly and thoroughly integrate into the local political situation. The economy works stable, political crises are also not observed. He played his role what the hat is local, and not the Varyag.
I would also like to remind the student correctly about the "donkey", it applies to the head of the Kaluga region. It so happened that the authority of the previous governor Anatoly Artamonov, his achievements, was able to "pick up" the hat. And now, in relation to power, the very principle acts in the region - first you work for the "donkey", then it works for you. The created potential of the development of the region is now working on the happie.
In addition, he is lucky. The economy even in the crisis year is not that he did not stop, but also grew. I heard about 100 billion investments invested in the economy. For comparison, the Smolensk region lags behind Kaluga for development for 9 years, and Kostroma in general at 12.
In this regard, I would advise the halpshit only on relationships with the federal center, but also to share positive practices with your colleagues. For many, one seminar in the Kaluga region can replace one and a half years of work in its own region from the point of view of studying the mechanisms of the economy.
It should be noted that in December 2019, when the resignation of Artamonov began to speak more and more often, Nechaev said that his care could be a mistake: "The region will be lucky - the region will develop. ... It will not be lucky - there will be an unhappy region." Judging by such a flattering review about the work of Vladislav Shapshi, the Kaluga region was lucky with the leader.