2025 Arkhangelsk Oblast gubernatorial election
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12–14 September 2025
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The 2025 Arkhangelsk Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 12–14 September 2025, on common election day. Incumbent Governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast Alexander Tsybulsky was re-elected a second term in office.
Then-Governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug Alexander Tsybulsky was appointed acting Governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast in April 2020, replacing two-term incumbent Igor Orlov.[1] Orlov resigned over poor management skills, low ratings and 2018–2020 Shies ecological protests.[2] In May 2020 Tsybulsky and Governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug Yury Bezdudny signed a memorandum on Arkhangelsk Oblast and Nenets Autonomous Okrug unification, which sparked protests in Nenets Autonomous Okrug and decreasing popularity of both Tsybulsky and Bezdudny.[3] Tsybulsky won the general election with 69.63% of the vote, notably Tsybulsky lost the vote in Nenets Autonomous Okrug to former State Duma member Irina Chirkova (SR–ZP), who won 62% of the vote there.[4]
In March 2025 during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin Governor Tsybulsky announced his intention to run for a second term and received Putin's endorsement.[5]
Candidates
In Arkhangelsk Oblast candidates for Governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast can be nominated only by registered political parties. Candidate for Governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Candidates for Governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast should not have a foreign citizenship or residence permit. Each candidate in order to be registered is required to collect at least 8% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities.[6] Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.
Declared
| Candidate name, political party |
Occupation | Status | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksey Buglak Party of Pensioners |
Teaching methodologist | Registered | [7] | ||
| Oleg Chernenko SR–ZP |
Member of Arkhangelsk Oblast Assembly of Deputies (2011–2013, 2021–present) Businessman Husband of former State Duma member Irina Chirkova |
Registered | [8][9] | ||
| Maria Kharchenko Liberal Democratic Party |
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Member of Arkhangelsk City Duma (2013–present) | Registered | [10] | |
| Roman Lyabikhov Communist Party |
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Member of State Duma (2020–present) | Registered | [11] | |
| Natalya Sorokina Green Alternative |
Nonprofit executive | Registered | [12] | ||
| Alexander Tsybulsky United Russia |
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Incumbent Governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast (2020–present) | Registered | [5][13] | |
| Larisa Medvedeva The Greens |
Cosmetics professional | Did not file | [14] | ||
Declined
- Aleksandr Grevtsov (CPRF), Member of Arkhangelsk Oblast Assembly of Deputies (2023–present)[8]
Candidates for Federation Council
| Head candidate, political party |
Candidates for Federation Council | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Kharchenko Liberal Democratic Party |
* Kirill Aleskerov, Member of Novodvinsk Council of Deputies (2013–present), businessman * Georgy Gubanov, Member of Arkhangelsk Oblast Assembly of Deputies (2018–present) * Lyudmila Taybarey, Member of Council of Zapolyarny District (2024–present), aide to State Duma member Yaroslav Nilov |
Registered | |
| Aleksandr Tsybulsky United Russia |
* Aleksey Alsufyev, First Deputy Governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast – Chairman of the Government of Arkhangelsk Oblast (2015–present) * Yury Borisov, incumbent Senator (2025–present) * Yekaterina Prokopyeva, Chairwoman of the Arkhangelsk Oblast Assembly of Deputies (2018–present) |
Registered | |
Finances
Polls
| Fieldwork date | Polling firm | Tsybulsky | Kharchenko | Chernenko | Lyabikhov | Sorokina | Buglak | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2025 | 2025 election | 67.3 | 10.6 | 8.1 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 56.7 |
| 9–22 August 2025 | FOM | 69.6 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 60.1 |
