INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Bezdudny, a member of the pro-Kremlin United Russia party, said in a short video address.As of Thursday afternoon, a presidential decree
region to oppose the 2020 constitutional reforms that allowed President Vladimir Putin to extend his rule until 2036
It also handed Putin his lowest re-election margin last year, with 79% of the vote.Putin appointed Bezdudny as acting governor in April 2020
at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic
pushed for a merger with the neighboring Arkhangelsk region, but the initiative was overwhelmingly rejected in a referendum that also saw
