Viktor Zubkov to travel to Volgograd region Wed.

VOLGOGRAD, July 20 (Itar-Tass) - First Vice-Premier Viktor Zubkov will
make a working trip to Volgograd Region, where he will take a final
decision as to whether he will place himself at the head of the regional
list of United Russia party (URP) members at State Duma elections.
An official at the First Vice-Premier's secretariat has recalled that
Zubkov decided to visit Volgograd after he received, at the beginning of
last week, an application from the residents of the region with a request
to head the regional URP list.
While in Volgograd, Zubkov is expected to meet the authors of the
application and hold a series of consultations with representatives of
industrial, transport, and social welfare enterprises, as well as and
those of the agri-industrial sector and the timber industry.
Zubkov will be accompanied in the trip by a widely representative
delegation comprising the Ministers of Regional Development, Health and
Social Development, Industry and Trade, Economic Development, the leaders
of Federal agencies for fishery, forestry, and the executives of the
Rosselkhozbank (agriculture) and the RosAgroLeasing Company.