Members of the investment committee were replaced.

      The corresponding decree was signed on January 22, 2026, and has already come into force. The document removes several participants who had previously been on the committee and adds new figures.

      According to the decree, the co-chair of the investment committee is Mikhail Sandalov, Chairman of the Government of Kirov Oblast. The committee’s secretary was appointed as Stanislav Kashin, director of KOGKU “Agency for Investment Development of Kirov Oblast” (by agreement). The updated membership also includes the region’s Minister of Energy and Housing and Communal Services, Maxim Gornostaev, and the acting head of the Office of the Federal Tax Service for Kirov Oblast, Yulia Sennikova.

      At the same time, the investment committee excludes the former Minister of Energy and Housing and Communal Services of Kirov Oblast Vladimir Klimentovsky, Deputy Director of the Agency for Investment Development Anton Shekhirev, and Vasily Smetanin, who previously headed the regional FNS office.

      The changes also affected the working group under the investment committee, which handles business appeals and systemic issues. Its membership now also includes Stanislav Kashin, Maxim Gornostaev and Yulia Sennikova, while Vladimir Klimentovsky and Anton Shekhirev have been removed from the working group.

      Recall that the investment committee of Kirov Oblast was created in January 2023 at the initiative of Governor Alexander Sokolov to improve the investment climate and support large projects.