a third governor appointed in one year in the war-torn Kursk region

A sign that the management of the situation in the Kursk region is closely monitored by the Kremlin and that it is dissatisfied with it, Vladimir Putin replaced the governor of the oblast on the evening of December 5. This is the third to be appointed in this territory in one year. The Russian head of state appointed Alexander Hinstein, a man with no management experience, but an ultra-legitimist and a lot of people in the Russian capital.

Officially, the previous governor of the Kursk region in the west of Russiaresigned. But according to several observers, Alexeï Smirnov discovered his disgrace, like all those still in front of their television, this Thursday, December 5 at 10:45 p.m., Moscow time. This via an exchange of a handful of minutes between Vladimir Poutine and the man he chose to rule the region. The road map given publicly by the Russian head of state to Alexander Hinstein sounds as much like a disavowal of the management of recent months as it does as a sign of strong expectations.

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