Los Governors of Belgorod and Bryansk, Viacheslav Gladkov and Alexander Bogomaz, have been dismissed by Putin although they have been urged to say that these are voluntary resignations. Both Russian regions, which border Ukraine, are frequent targets of attacks by Ukrainian forces.
According to the decrees published in the Kremlin websiteboth have submitted their resignation voluntarily. Gladkov, in office since November 2020, will be replaced by Alexander Shuvaev as acting governor of Belgorod, while Yegor Kovalchuk will take the position of Bogomaz, who has led Bryansk since 2014.
Putin held working meetings with Shuvaev and Kovalchuk this Wednesday, although the Kremlin has not offered more details about these changes. The elections to elect the new governors of the Belgorod and Bryansk regions will be held on September 20, according to the TASS news agency. Shuváev and Kovalchuk were received this Wednesday by Putin in the Kremlin.
Gladkov57, was appointed governor of Belgorod in 2021 and is considered an effective wartime manager. The official regularly informed the population about the situation in the region and the measures taken by the authorities to alleviate the consequences of the Ukrainian attacks. Rumors about his resignation began to circulate in the Russian press a few weeks ago. For its part, Bogomaz65, had been governor of Bryansk since 2015.
