OREANDA-NEWS. The RAO "UES of Russia" Management Board Chairman Anatoly Chubais has sent the following telegram to Novgorod Region Governor Mikhail Prusak:

Dear Mikhail Mikhailovich,

Today, when you are leaving the office of Novgorod Region Governor, I would like to send my deep respect to you and tell you that I appreciate our many-years cooperation very much.

You have made an invaluable contribution to the development of the Novgorod Region and did everything possible to make the region stronger, so that its people could look to their future with optimism. During your term of office, the region made a major step forward in its development. You have achieved great progress, and I am sure that the region's people will always speak well of you.

I firmly believe that you are the most efficient Governor of the new generation over the fifteen years of the new Russia. Under your leadership, the Novgorod region turned from a subsidized and depressed area into a rapidly developing one, which I think is an extraordinary accomplishment. It was a difficult thing to do in the extremely difficult economic and political situation in the region which does not have its own oil or natural gas resources, only by attracting massive private investment, and is a historic achievement.

You are a strong and brave man who can face challenges. I am confident that your talent and professionalism will be in demand and that you will have a lot of interesting work and new accomplishments in the future.