Russia's only female governor has resigned.

Head Khanty Mansi Autonomous Okrug Natalia Komarova Putin left her post. proposed The mayor of Tyumen will head the district Ruslan Kuharuku.

Komarova regularly found herself in scandals. In the fall of 2023, at a meeting with residents, she saidthat “we don’t need war,” we “didn’t prepare” for it, and therefore the military personnel are not properly equipped. “We built the world in a completely different way,” — the head of the region said then. After that, she even required punish as an "enemy of the SVO from the fifth column."  

Earlier, in January 2023, Komarova, while discussing with her subordinates violations by contractors during the construction of social housing, said

That "everyone's in on it" and "every time, during a thorough investigation, we come up with ourselves, the mastermind." This was caught on video, and the prosecutor's office investigated her claims but found no evidence of a crime.

Also Komarova saidThat officials could soon be replaced by neural networks, including governors. "There's a president—that's enough, and the rest can do other things," she said at a press conference. Some time later, the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug authorities decided to release a version of the ChatGPT neural network, which will help officials draft regulations.

The official also recorded a video greeting for residents of Yugra on Russia Day, wearing an inverted tricolor flag on her chest.