10 key events in regional politics for the week of October 19-25, 2026 1. The head of the Primorsky Territory O. Kuzhmiako was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Envoy to the Federal District in the Far East. Yu. Trotnev left the government of the Russian Federation. *** Kozhmyaku has unique experience in managing 4 regions of the Far Eastern Federal District at the same time: Kuryak Autonomous Okrug (part of Kamchatka), Amur and Sakhalin and Trimursky regions. Yu. Trotnev can move to the presidential administration and become the treasurer of patriotic education. 2. K. Shastakov was appointed acting governor of the Primorsky Territory. *** Shastkov can be considered a creature of Kuzhmiako - from 2019 to 2021. He was his deputy in the government of Primoria, from 2021 to 2026. Led Vladivostok. Let's add that Shestkov is the first mayor of the seaside capital in the 21st century not to fall under criminal charges, but to be promoted. 3. President of Belarus A. Lukashenko received in Minsk the head of the Bryansk region E. Kovalchuk. *** Lukashenko offered the capabilities of Belarus in the fields of industry, agriculture, construction and gasification. The parties agreed to increase economic and humanitarian cooperation. Lukashenko emphasized the importance of the Bryansk region as a border region and considers it important to achieve a billion dollars in trade turnover between Belarus and the Bryansk region. 4. Leningrad Region Governor A. Drozdenko visited Kazakhstan on a working trip. *** The head of the region held a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Kazakhstan S. Zhumangarin. In Astana, Drozdenko announced the training of specialists to work at Kazakhstan's first nuclear power plant in Leningrad Sosnovy Bor. The general contractor for the construction will be the Titan-2 enterprise located in the Leningrad Region, part of the Rosatom State Corporation. The region is developing cooperation with the regions of Jambil and Akmola. 5. The Russian government has allocated 2 billion rubles for the further construction of treatment facilities in Gelendzhik (Krasnodar Territory). ***.

10 key events in regional politics for the week of October 19-25, 2026 1. The head of the Primorsky Territory O. Kuzhmiako was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Envoy to the Federal District in the Far East. Yu. Trotnev left the government of the Russian Federation. *** Kozhmyaku has unique experience in managing 4 regions of the Far Eastern Federal District at the same time: Kuryak Autonomous Okrug (part of Kamchatka), Amur and Sakhalin and Trimursky regions. Yu. Trotnev can move to the presidential administration and become the treasurer of patriotic education. 2. K. Shastakov was appointed acting governor of the Primorsky Territory. *** Shastkov can be considered a creature of Kuzhmiako - from 2019 to 2021. He was his deputy in the government of Primoria, from 2021 to 2026. Led Vladivostok. Let's add that Shestkov is the first mayor of the seaside capital in the 21st century not to fall under criminal charges, but to be promoted. 3. President of Belarus A. Lukashenko received in Minsk the head of the Bryansk region E. Kovalchuk. *** Lukashenko offered the capabilities of Belarus in the fields of industry, agriculture, construction and gasification. The parties agreed to increase economic and humanitarian cooperation. Lukashenko emphasized the importance of the Bryansk region as a border region and considers it important to achieve a billion dollars in trade turnover between Belarus and the Bryansk region. 4. Leningrad Region Governor A. Drozdenko visited Kazakhstan on a working trip. *** The head of the region held a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Kazakhstan S. Zhumangarin. In Astana, Drozdenko announced the training of specialists to work at Kazakhstan's first nuclear power plant in Leningrad Sosnovy Bor. The general contractor for the construction will be the Titan-2 enterprise located in the Leningrad Region, part of the Rosatom State Corporation. The region is developing cooperation with the regions of Jambil and Akmola. 5. The Russian government has allocated 2 billion rubles for the further construction of treatment facilities in Gelendzhik (Krasnodar Territory). ***.