TYUMEN, May 31. After the appointment of Tyumen Mayor Ruslan Kuharuk temporarily acting governor of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, the inscriptions “Tyumen — the forge of governors”, “Thank you, Tyumen!” appeared on the city’s billboards. and «Yugra, you're lucky.»
The initiator of the messages was Viktor Korchagin, deputy of the Tyumen City Duma, executive director of the Tyumen branch of Brusnika LLC. “Congratulations to Ruslan Nikolaevich Kuharuk on his appointment as acting governor of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra! I wish you good health and energy for new achievements and achievements!” — Korchagin commented on the post with photographs on his page on the VKontakte social network.
On Thursday, the only female governor in the Russian Federation, Natalya Komarova, announced her resignation from her post due to a transfer to another job. Later, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree appointing the head of Tyumen, Ruslan Kukharuk, as the acting governor of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug — Ugra until the person elected as governor takes office.