Political strategist and TV presenter Stanislav Belkovsky has been appointed chief political consultant to the staff of TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak, who announced her presidential bid on October 18. The head of Ms. Sobchak's election campaign staff, Igor Malashenko, told Ekho Moskvy radio.
The day before, at a press conference, Ksenia Sobchak announced who would join her election campaign staff. Besides former NTV president Igor Malashenko, who heads the staff, it will include Vitaly Shklyarov and Alexei Sitnikov. They will handle the online direction. Political strategist Alexei Sitnikov will be in charge of work with regional staffs and signature collection. Former Channel One top manager Sergei Kalvarsky will prepare video materials. In addition, journalist Anton Krasovsky will accompany the campaign.
Ms. Sobchak's staff will be located on Savvinskaya Embankment, where she plans to hold expert round tables weekly.
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