Tue 10 May 2022:
On Tuesday, Russia was hit by an unexpected wave of regional governor resignations.
Five regional governors in different sections of the country stated within five hours that they would either resign or not run for re-election.
Sergei Shvachkin of Siberia’s Tomsk region and his colleague Igor Vasilyev of Kirov, roughly 1,000 kilometers north-east of Moscow, were the first to announce their resignations.
The heads of Saratov and the self-governing Mari El Republic then followed. Meanwhile, Nikolai Lyubimov, the governor of the Ryazan region, announced that he would not seek re-election.
The official reasons given by the governors for their resignations included their age or the fact that they had already been in office for quite a long time.
Russia consists of more than 80 federal subjects. These are, for example, territories and autonomous republics.
The resignations caused astonishment and speculation among many citizens.
On the Telegram messaging service, several users wondered whether the heads of the regions might no longer want to support the war against Ukraine and its economic consequences for Russian provinces.
Due to the sanctions imposed by the West, many companies have withdrawn from Russia and many people are losing their jobs.
In the current situation, the resignations could be a sign that the ship is capsizing and that the “rats would rather get off the boat,” said political scientist Abbas Galliamov.
Others speculated that the five politicians might not have been loyal enough to the Kremlin and would now have to leave their posts due to a decision from the very top.
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