Putin meets elected leaders Regional duties and support

Sep 30

Konstantin Panyushkin reports Putin's video meeting with ten elected regional leaders, eight chosen directly and two by regional parliaments. Putin calls for honoring voter trust, stronger statehood, regional development and care for military participants and families. The feature profiles Belgorod governor Alexander Shuvayev's military service and Time of Heroes training, reports election precautions and his nearly sixty-six-percent result, and airs his thanks for federal help. Putin promises support for border-region people, families and businesses and restoration of damaged infrastructure. Other winners are listed, Kadyrov pledges to fulfil tasks including in the war, and Putin praises Grozny's rebuilding. The report distinguishes the coming Dagestan parliamentary vote from leaders already elected. Biography, electoral figures and official assessments retain attribution; promises are not completed restoration.

Putin holds a September 30 videoconference with newly elected regional heads; Vremya reports ten participants, eight elected directly and two by regional parliaments. He characterizes the elections as competitive and the first-round victories as decisive, calls for honoring voter trust and hearing citizens, and urges daily supervision of national projects, federal coordination and alignment of regional plans with national development. He also addresses veterans' civilian integration. The exchanges include Kadyrov's election and wartime assurances, Putin's appraisal of Grozny's rebuilding, and Shuvayev's account of federal help followed by Putin's border-region aid pledge. Putin closes by calling for fulfilment of development promises. The source assessments and commitments retain attribution; the separately reported forthcoming Dagestan vote is not a completed election.