INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday named five successors to regional governors who were promoted to federal office earlier this week as
Milyayev has held public office in the Tula region since 2014, including serving as Tula mayor between 2019 and 2022.Putin on Tuesday
appointed Dyumin as an aide who will advise the Kremlin chief on issues related to the defense industry and sports.In the coal-mining
region, which has faced regular drone attacks and border incursions since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, former
was replaced with Deputy Industry and Trade Minister Alexei Besprozvannykh.A graduate of the Skolkovo Executive MBA education program for
managers and business owners, Besprozvannykh had worked at the regional branches of the MTS mobile phone network operator before landing a
former governor Mikhail Degtyaryov was replaced by Dmitry Demeshin, a deputy general prosecutor for the Russian Far East
In 2020, Degtyaryov was appointed governor of the far-flung region amid mass protests against the arrest of the popular former governor
Sergei Furgal, who is now serving a 22-year prison sentence for homicide.Born in Soviet Uzbekistan, Demeshin served two-year stints at
