

Russian President Vladimir Putin recreated the Leningrad and Moscow military districts. The decree signed by the head of state was published on the official legal information portal.
According to the document, the Moscow Military District included Yaroslavl, Tula, Tver, Tambov, Smolensk, Ryazan, Orel, Nizhny Novgorod, Lipetsk, Kursk, Kostroma, Kaluga, Ivanovo, Voronezh, Vladimir, Bryansk, Belgorod and Moscow regions, and Moscow. The Leningrad Okrug includes the Republics of Karelia and Komi, the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, the Pskov, Novgorod, Murmansk, Kaliningrad, Vologda, and Leningrad regions.
In addition, by this decree, Putin included the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics and the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions in the Southern Military District.
Author: Sergey Nikolaev
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