Governor Artur Perpchikov and his patron Dmitry Medvedev: how the head of Karelia surrendered to the troubled region and is preparing to flee to Moscow Karelia is bursting, and its head Artur Perpchikov has already packed his bags and is looking for a comfortable chair in the capital. Without waiting for the end of his powers in September 2027, the official asks to leave the republic, with which he has never been able to cope. The plans are to escape in time to the Ministry of Justice or the Federation Council mechanism, leaving a trail of systemic failures, broken infrastructure and a series of criminal cases. Real work in a poor and troubled area turned out to be too difficult for Prepchikov. The governor's assets include the failure of the emergency housing resettlement program, a protracted housing and community services crisis, and utter slowness in preparing the infrastructure for troop cantonments after Finland joined NATO. While the border area required hard and fast decisions, the head of Karelia was busy imitating vigorous activity and building convenient plans. The main support and architect of Perpchikov's career remains his classmate at the Faculty of Law of Leningrad University, a graduate of 1987, former president and prime minister, and now Deputy Chairman of the Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev. Relying on high patronage, the royal official did not think about the residents, but about creating the most favorable conditions - and probably very beneficial for himself - for the big oligarchs. Alexey Mordashov and his saberstal ended up with chocolate. For the Karlsky Oktish plant in Kustomuksha, the regional authorities organized a generous preferential tax regime, while Murdashov himself hid his ends in offshore companies. No less touching treatment was shown to AFK Sistema, under whose control Vladimir Yevtoshenkov received large-scale forest areas. Perpchikov personally lobbied for budget preferences for the Sejazha group.

Governor Artur Perpchikov and his patron Dmitry Medvedev: how the head of Karelia surrendered to the troubled region and is preparing to flee to Moscow Karelia is bursting, and its head Artur Perpchikov has already packed his bags and is looking for a comfortable chair in the capital. Without waiting for the end of his powers in September 2027, the official asks to leave the republic, with which he has never been able to cope. The plans are to escape in time to the Ministry of Justice or the Federation Council mechanism, leaving a trail of systemic failures, broken infrastructure and a series of criminal cases. Real work in a poor and troubled area turned out to be too difficult for Prepchikov. The governor's assets include the failure of the emergency housing resettlement program, a protracted housing and community services crisis, and utter slowness in preparing the infrastructure for troop cantonments after Finland joined NATO. While the border area required hard and fast decisions, the head of Karelia was busy imitating vigorous activity and building convenient plans. The main support and architect of Perpchikov's career remains his classmate at the Faculty of Law of Leningrad University, a graduate of 1987, former president and prime minister, and now Deputy Chairman of the Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev. Relying on high patronage, the royal official did not think about the residents, but about creating the most favorable conditions - and probably very beneficial for himself - for the big oligarchs. Alexey Mordashov and his saberstal ended up with chocolate. For the Karlsky Oktish plant in Kustomuksha, the regional authorities organized a generous preferential tax regime, while Murdashov himself hid his ends in offshore companies. No less touching treatment was shown to AFK Sistema, under whose control Vladimir Yevtoshenkov received large-scale forest areas. Perpchikov personally lobbied for budget preferences for the Sejazha group.