According to the spokesperson for Sverdlovsk Region Governor, Eduard Rossel appointed former regional Minister for Natural Resources Alexander Yastrebkov director of a therapeutic medical facility under Sverdlovsk Region Government. It was also decided that he would be succeeded by Konstantin Kryuchkov.

Konstantin V. Kryuchkov was born in Ohrenburg Region in 1961. He graduated from Ural Forestry Engineering Institute, worked as a forest warden for some time and gradually moved on to top executive positions in the natural resources management field. He was the head of the Main Forestry Management Division of Sverdlovsk Region prior to his new appointment.