The appointment followed Ksenia Sobchak's presentation of her campaign team on October 24. The campaign staff is headed by political analyst and media manager Igor Malashenko; political strategist Vitaly Shklyarov is responsible for online promotion; and political strategist Alexei Sitnikov is handling campaign organization.
It was Malashenko who announced Belkovsky's move to the staff in a comment to Ekho Moskvy. The day before, Belkovsky had left the Dozhd television channel. Earlier on that channel, he had said he would help Sobchak in the election "with his voice."
Thus the candidate's team, whose composition was announced on Tuesday, has been joined by a political strategy consultant. Belkovsky had publicly voiced his decision on air before the appointment, and confirmation of the position came from the campaign manager.
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