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New communist leader elected

      RBC, 01.07.2004, Moscow 17:29:49.Ivanovo region governor Vladimir Tikhonov has been elected as the Chairman of the Russian Communist Party. Tikhonov made a corresponding statement to journalists after a secret ballot at a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the party. According to him, he has been elected only for a period of preparation and holding of a congress of the Communist Party, which will take place on July 3, 2004 in Moscow. Only the congress can establish a new Central Committee and approve its chairman, he pointed out.

      Despite this appointment, Tikhonov is not going to leave the Ivanovo region and the post of the governor. According to him, if he is elected as the Chairman of the party at the congress, he will hold both positions.

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