In the fifth year of the occupation, the illegal authorities in Kherson region claim that a “strong foundation for the work of local government” has finally emerged there.
This was reported by Tamerlan Tsalikov, a deputy of the occupying regional duma.
“Today in Kherson region there already exists a solid legislative base on which the entire system of local self-government is built. These are working tools that help bring order locally,” – he noted.
“base” of the work of the illegal local authorities, Tsalikov links to the adoption in 2025 of the law “On the administrative-territorial structure of Kherson Oblast”, which allegedly clearly defines how the so-called municipalities are formed and where their boundaries run.
The pseudo-deputy asserts that in connection with the adoption of this and a number of other laws there is allegedly already a “clear delineation of powers and a system that is easier to manage at the local level”.
Recall, the occupying authorities of Kherson region still were unable to establish the functioning of local self-government bodies. The reason, allegedly, was that all the heads of the so-called municipalities are local residents of the region, and they “do not yet all know the legislation, requirements and capabilities that local self-government bodies have”.
In the summer the propagandists themselves reported that in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions tension is rising due to dissatisfaction with the local occupying authorities. According to Russian polls, the level of trust in local administrations in the occupied territories did not exceed 20%.
However, in February 2026 it became known that the illegal regional duma of Kherson region approved almost 1 billion rubles for the salaries of “officials”.