Rustam Minnikhanov nominated as a candidate for the post of President of Tatarstan by the United Russia Party

On July 4, in Kazan, at the 23rd Conference of the Tatarstan Regional Branch of the All-Russia Political Party the United Russia Party, the United Russia Party Rustam has nominated Minnikhanov as a candidate for Tatarstan President.

At the first presidential primaries that were held on June 27, 2015, about 95 per cent of the electors voted for the Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov. The other two candidates who had received the highest number of votes are Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the former head of the Department of Internal Policy of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation Oleg Morozov.

Before the conference the largest regional companies had supported the nomination of Minnikhanov for the post of President of Tatarstan.

At today's conference 316 delegates - representatives of local branches of the party voted for a candidate from the United Russia Party. According to voting results the candidacy of Rustam Minnikhanov was supported by 311 delegates. Marat Akhmetov and Oleg Morozov scored one vote each.