Matvienko, the city manages eight years, its term of office expires at the end of 2011. In June, she decided to leave the post of mayor to go to work at the Federation Council. The idea of her nomination for the position of Head of Upper Chamber of Parliament approved the president. To become a senator, Matvienko had to first obtain a parliamentary mandate, for which she went to the polls on August 21. These municipal elections are already over a month in the center of media attention. On election at the Petrovsky and Krasnenkoe Rechka journalists, the public and the opposition became known only after receiving the documents for participation in them. The election campaign was accompanied by lawsuits and complaints. Matvienko itself has repeatedly stated that the scandals surrounding the election advantageous to stir up "certain political forces" who want to arrange a "clowning". The perfect victory, told journalists on Sunday night, a little more than two hours after polling stations were closed, the deputy chairman gorizbirkoma Dmitry Krasnyansky, Matvienko won the elections in Petrovsky, with almost 100% result. The turnout at the Petrovsky was more than 36% in the second district – Krasnenkoe Rechka – about 28%. According Krasnyansky, a turnout for the elections at the municipal level is a "record" because, as a rule, in the municipal elections was about 10% of voters. Look after the procedure – and GUMVD and gorizbirkom, and the CEC reported that the violations in Sunday's municipal elections in St. Petersburg was not. The only one who prevented the St. Petersburg election, officials said, was the ex-governor of Kamchatka, Mikhail Mashkovtsev. The former official, current member of the outrageous statements by the organization "Communists of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region," allegedly tried to bribe the electorate, for which he was arrested. City, loved to tears And at this time, Valentina Matvienko said that on Monday ready to write the president of resignation to pursue the main task – to quickly resolve the issue with the future governor. Matvienko, who early in the campaign believed in victory, and the support of St. Petersburg, thanked everyone who came to the polls and cast votes for her. "I want to thank those who, in spite of the August holiday cottage and came to vote and thus expressed their support", – said Matvienko. Today, as well as after the decision to go to the Federation Council, Matvienko promised "not to tear the umbilical cord" and not give up the city. She called today's election a turning point in his life, said she will always take care not only about St. Petersburg, but also of those municipalities, which ran from. The head of United Russia in St. Petersburg Vadim Tyulpanov, n initiative, which was removed from office, Sergey Mironov, Federation Council Speaker, said the new governor of St. Petersburg may appear within the next week.
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