By entrusting Alexander Hinsztejn Acting politician of the Kurdish District Last December, Vladimir Putin stressed that urgent crisis management was needed there. The erstwhile territory politician resigned and the Kremlin did not uncover the reason for his decision.
Putin stated that Hinsztejna was facing a serious task — to make “the inhabitants of the Kurdish circuit feel part of the country.” “A lot will should be done to reconstruct municipal services, rebuild apartments and rebuild the economy in the Kursk district,” he said.
The situation that Hinsztejn found in the Kursk region, however, was beginning to overestimate — he did not anticipate it to be that bad.
— The circuit of the course has debts to the families of the fallen participants of the war with Ukraine," Hinsztejn said, however, without specifying the amount. According to him, the money had not been paid to them since July, as he learned with “scared and ashamed” in December, immediately after taking office. “ Today, the situation with respect to the budget of the Kursk region is not only bad, but very bad,” he acknowledged at a gathering with border area residents, as reported RIA Novosti. He stressed that the budget deficit is 17 billion rubles (PLN 710 million) — and this is not the end of the problems of the region.
Huge debts to war veterans
The fresh politician noted that the region besides has debts to military wounded. He stressed that the regional decree only provided a one-off payment for those who suffered during the war, so if the injured soldier returned to the front line after treatment and was injured again, “he was no longer included” in the benefits. However, the politician assured that the "unfair, incorrect approach" had already been changed.
He besides said that last week the authorities had to urgently destruct the seven-month backlog in paying for food for refugees in temporary accommodation facilities. The money was taken from the reserve fund. He besides complained that the resolution of any issue raised by displaced refugees requires large amounts of money that are presently not included in the budget.
Gavril GRIGOV / Pool / AFP / AFPRussian president Vladimir Putin meets the acting politician of the Kursk Oblast Alexander Hinsztejne, Moscow on 5 February 2025.
Earlier, Hinsztejn ordered the construction of settlements in the Kursk Oblast for refugees from border areas. Persons who have received peculiar certificates as compensation for lost property will be able to buy an flat there. Simultaneously authorities do not let residents of Kursk who have suffered fire harm to decision to another regions. specified housing will not be paid by the State to ‘stop the outflow of labour’ from the Kurdish region.
At the end of January, Hinsztejn reported that 7585 residential buildings (507 1000 sq mi) had been lost as a consequence of the war and that this figure would most likely increase further. He noted that "more than 85 percent of the dwellings purchased on the basis of certificates were purchased straight in Kursk and stressed that this led to a "unbalanced" improvement of the region.
Authorities take their time to help
Part of the Kursk circuit has been controlled by Ukrainian troops since August 2024, despite multiple requests by Vladimir Putin to remove them from there. Local authorities estimation damage caused by fighting for 750 billion rubles (more than PLN 31 billion) — these are 8 yearly budgets of the region.
The inhabitants of the border areas with Ukraine, who have lost their homes, have already organized respective rallies, demanding compensation for lost property. However, the authorities are in no hurry to help.
Hinsztejn told the residents of Kursk who suffered from firefire that they should not anticipate all their problems to be resolved at the expense of the state. He stated that the money from the budget would be spent on continuing the war with Ukraine.
