KURSK, August 16 Acting Governor of the Kursk Region Alexey Smirnov thanked Putin for his personal control of the situation in the region and the support provided.
““I would like to say thank you to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, who almost personally constantly monitors this situation and provides support at the federal level, and the government of the Russian Federation,” said Smirnov at a briefing in Kursk.