Evening Medusa

September 26th. Relatives in Kabardino-Balkaria, namesakes in Astrakhan: Putin changes governors

News of the day (with comments)

The State Duma adopted the pension reform in the second reading (the age for women was raised to 60). Bellingcat and The Insider found out that Ruslan Boshirov's real name is Anatoly Chepiga (he is indeed from the GRU, and also a Hero of Russia). Steven Seagal wanted on the Internet to become the governor of Primorye (he was ridiculed because it was necessary, like Monson , to start modestly with a municipal deputy). The investigation asked to release the Khachaturian sisters from the pre-trial detention center (investigation? release? wow!). The Times Higher Education ranking includes 35 Russian universities (eight more than a year ago!). The press secretary of Roskomnadzor accused of embezzlement was released from house arrest (and he immediately returned to work!).

Putin and governors (with explanations)

Vladimir Putin today made several permutations among the governors: all of them turned out to be, let's say, not easy. Let's put everything on the shelves .

namesakes and relatives (in the same region). The head of Kabardino-Balkaria by the name of Kokov was replaced by another Kokov, the son of another Kokov, who was also the head of Kabardino-Balkaria - in the late nineties and early zero.

namesakes, but not relatives (in different regions). the head of the Astrakhan region became Sergei Morozov, the namesake and namesake of the head of the Ulyanovsk region, Sergei Morozov, . You can distinguish them by their patronymic, Astrakhan Morozov - Petrovich, and Ulyanovsk - Ivanych.

Not namesakes, but the same person (but in different regions!). the head of the Primorsky Territory Oleg Kozhemyako became . Do not think that he is the full namesake of the governor of Sakhalin and the former governor of the Amur Region and the Koryak Autonomous Okrug - this is one and the same person.

I - text of the day

In Chechnya, the trial of the head of the local "Memorial" Oyub Titiev continues behind closed doors: the authorities accuse him of drug possession, human rights activists say that the case is fabricated. Titiev, a former teacher and boxing coach, took charge of the Chechen Memorial nine years ago, after the abduction and murder of former head Natalia Estemirova. Journalist Shura Burtin, who has known Titiev for many years, tells the post-war history of the republic through his biography.

By the way, I also have a governor with the same name - in Irkutsk. Grisha Levchenko