Then–Deputy Minister of Defense Aleksey Dyumin was appointed acting Governor of Tula Oblast in February 2016, replacing Vladimir Gruzdev.

[1] Dyumin ran for a full term in September 2016 as an Independent and won the election with 84.17% of the vote.

[4] On May 14, 2024, President Putin appointed Governor Aleksey Dyumin as his aide in charge of military-industrial complex, sports, and State Council.

Each candidate in order to be registered is required to collect at least 7% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities.

Governor Milyayev appointed Tula Oblast Duma chairman Nikolay Vorobyov (United Russia) to the Federation Council, replacing incumbent Senator Dmitry Savelyev (United Russia), who was arrested on August 2, 2024, on charges of attempted murder.