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The 'Volunteer' project was launched on the initiative of the Presidential Envoy to the Ural Federal District Artem Zhoga after the 'Patriots of the Urals' forum in March 2026. Since then, all regions of the district have participated, with groups of participants going on missions on a weekly basis.
TYUMEN, October 2 – RIA Novosti. Forty-three officials from different districts of the Tyumen region took part in the mission of the Humanitarian Volunteer Corps in the Donbass and Novorossia under the “Volunteer” project, Governor Alexander Moor said.
The essence of the “Volunteers” project is that officials take a vacation and go to work as volunteers in front-line areas for two weeks. On the initiative of the Presidential Envoy to the Ural Federal District Artem Zhoga, since March of this year after the Patriots of the Urals forum, all regions of the district have been participating in the project. In June it was reported that groups of project participants were sent on missions weekly.
“I met with participants in the “Volunteer” project. 43 state and municipal employees from different districts of the Tyumen region... went on two-week missions of the Humanitarian Volunteer Corps to help Donbass and Novorossia. They provided residents with hot meals and clean water, took part in the restoration of housing, and worked in military hospitals,” Moor said in a channel on the Max platform.
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The 'Volunteer' project will be expanded to other regions of the Russian Federation by the end of 2026
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