Resignation amid protests: Kursk official steps down under pressure
"The head of the Sudzha border district in the Kursk region, Alexander Bogachov, announced his resignation," reported the TASS agency. Earlier, the politician met with residents evacuated from the area occupied by Ukrainians. "Get out of here!" shouted the angry Russians.
Footage from the concert hall where the governor of the Kursk region met with hundreds of residents from the Sudzha district on Tuesday has been released by Russian media.
In it, you can hear people shouting to the head of the Sudzha district administration, Alexander Bogachov, "Get out of here," and also applauding after the words of the governor of the Kursk region, Alexei Smirnov, who spoke about the dismissal of the official.
Locals accuse Bogachov of abandoning them during the evacuation from the area during an attack by Ukrainian Armed Forces and for not helping residents who became refugees for three months.
"The head of the Sudzha border district in the Kursk region, Alexander Bogachov, announced his resignation," reported the TASS agency a few minutes after the meeting.
The politician's resignation was one of the demands during a spontaneous protest that took place in Kursk on Sunday. Evacuated residents of the city of Sudzha then demanded the evacuation of civilians who remained in the territory occupied by Ukrainians. "Admit that there is a war!" they shouted at representatives of local authorities. The crowd also called for the punishment of the generals responsible for border security.
In August, the Ukrainian side attacked Russian border areas, taking control of dozens of villages in the Kursk region. The Ukrainian military claims that the attacks target key Russian military infrastructure. From the areas occupied by Kyiv, 33,000 Russians were evacuated.
The British "The Telegraph" reported that Vladimir Putin deployed 50,000 Russian and North Korean soldiers, attempting to reclaim Kursk from Ukraine before Donald Trump's inauguration as President of the USA.
