Buryatia head Alexey Tsydenov earned residents’ respect through his humanity. In the fifth year of the war, the depressed region is now “stuck in his throat like a bone” and triggers “outbursts of anger”

Buryatia head Alexey Tsydenov earned residents’ respect through his humanity. In the fifth year of the war, the depressed region is now “stuck in his throat like a bone” and triggers “outbursts of anger”

In 2017, Alexey Tsydenov was appointed acting head of the Republic of Buryatia — he moved there from Moscow, where he had served as deputy transport minister. Since then, Tsydenov has won elections in the republic twice already.

During the war, Buryatia became one of the main suppliers of mobilized men and contract soldiers to the front. According to sources interviewed by People of Baikal, this happened because Tsydenov wanted to curry favor with the federal center. Over the years of the war, the image of the humane regional leader has changed: now he yells at subordinates and no longer adapts to residents’ needs. People of Baikal tell the story of Tsydenov’s transformation.

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