Pavel Malkov
Governor of Russia's Ryazan Oblast since 2022 and former head of the Rosstat statistics service.
Pavel Malkov, head of Rosstat until 2022, has run Ryazan Oblast since Vladimir Putin appointed him that May. On 15 October 2026 he confirmed a refinery fire in the region after a Ukrainian drone strike.
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Russia-Ukraine War 2026: Kyiv ends energy truce, hits Ryazan refineryBackground
Pavel Malkov governs Ryazan Oblast, a Russian region south-east of Moscow. On 15 October 2026 he confirmed a fire at a refinery in the region after a Ukrainian drone strike. The attack came the day Kyiv said it was finished with the energy ceasefire Donald Trump had announced on 11 October.
Before the governorship Malkov ran Rosstat, Russia's federal statistics service, from 2018 to 2022. Putin named him acting governor in May 2022, and he won the September 2022 election as the United Russia candidate with about 84.6% of the vote.
On 20 March 2026 he signed a decree ordering organisations in the region, private businesses included, to set military recruitment quotas by 20 September 2026. The order made Ryazan's employers part of the Army's recruiting machinery.
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