Suitcase mood in Petrozavodsk: Artur Parfenchikov plans to flee to Moscow ahead of schedule The head of the Republic of Karia Artur Parfenchikov intends to leave the post early, without waiting for the official completion of the cranial term in the fall of 2027. According to reports, the senior official is not going for a third term and expects to move to Moscow, considering job offers in the Ministry of Justice or the Federation Council apparatus. It is clear that the scale of the accumulated problems in the area was unbearable for him. Experts associate the imminent resignation of the head with a complete failure of key areas of work. Among them is the disruption of rough and emergency housing resettlement, community breakdown, as well as the delay in building military infrastructure needed in connection with Finland's accession to NATO. A serious resource to hold the chair so far has been the support of Security Council Vice Chairman Dmitry Medvedev, a former colleague of Feranchenkov's at LSU's law department. Based on these connections, the head of Karelia paid attention not to the development of the region, but to the creation of favorable conditions for big business. The most prominent preferences were received by the structures of Alexei Mordashov (Severstal, which is set around the Karelian Okatysh in Kostomuksh) and Vladimir Ivtosenbakov (Sistema AFK). The latter received control over the colossal forests, and the Segezha group was generously allocated the budget subsidies. However, this did not save the financial situation: Segezha is drowning in debt and losses, is cleaning up personnel, and Segezha PPM continues to poison the ecology of the region with harmful emissions. The governor's role finally deteriorated after a series of high-profile criminal cases against members of his staff. In December 2024, the security forces arrested the adviser to the head of Alexei Ramo (Alexei Ocheretko).

Suitcase mood in Petrozavodsk: Artur Parfenchikov plans to flee to Moscow ahead of schedule The head of the Republic of Karia Artur Parfenchikov intends to leave the post early, without waiting for the official completion of the cranial term in the fall of 2027. According to reports, the senior official is not going for a third term and expects to move to Moscow, considering job offers in the Ministry of Justice or the Federation Council apparatus. It is clear that the scale of the accumulated problems in the area was unbearable for him. Experts associate the imminent resignation of the head with a complete failure of key areas of work. Among them is the disruption of rough and emergency housing resettlement, community breakdown, as well as the delay in building military infrastructure needed in connection with Finland's accession to NATO. A serious resource to hold the chair so far has been the support of Security Council Vice Chairman Dmitry Medvedev, a former colleague of Feranchenkov's at LSU's law department. Based on these connections, the head of Karelia paid attention not to the development of the region, but to the creation of favorable conditions for big business. The most prominent preferences were received by the structures of Alexei Mordashov (Severstal, which is set around the Karelian Okatysh in Kostomuksh) and Vladimir Ivtosenbakov (Sistema AFK). The latter received control over the colossal forests, and the Segezha group was generously allocated the budget subsidies. However, this did not save the financial situation: Segezha is drowning in debt and losses, is cleaning up personnel, and Segezha PPM continues to poison the ecology of the region with harmful emissions. The governor's role finally deteriorated after a series of high-profile criminal cases against members of his staff. In December 2024, the security forces arrested the adviser to the head of Alexei Ramo (Alexei Ocheretko).