Yury Alexeyevich Yevdokimov was the Governor of Murmansk Oblast

Murmansk Oblast

Murmansk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in the northwestern part of Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Murmansk.-Geography:...

. He became the governor in 1996 and was reelected with a large overall majority on March 14, 2004

2004 in Russia

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. He was dismissed in March 2009 by presidential decree (according to the Kremlin

Kremlin

A kremlin , same root as in kremen is a major fortified central complex found in historic Russian cities. This word is often used to refer to the best-known one, the Moscow Kremlin, or metonymically to the government that is based there...

at his own request) after he had been criticized by president [Medvedev]] of "fooling around abraod" and "betraying arctic interests".