[2] Kopin won election to his third term in 2018 with just 57.83% losing to LDPR candidate Yulia Butakova in okrug's capital Anadyr and nearly triggering a runoff.

[3] By 2023 Roman Kopin led the remote region for 14 years, second-longest to Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.

The length of Kopin's gubernatorial tenure and lack of notable accomplishments, coupled with gradual withdrawal of Roman Abramovich from politics, led to speculations about governor's possible resignation.

Putin then appointed First Deputy Prime Minister of Lugansk People's Republic Vladislav Kuznetsov, a former Sibur executive, as acting Governor of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.

Governor Kuznetsov re-appointed incumbent Senator Anna Otke (United Russia) to the Federation Council.