Congratulations to Irkutsk Region Governor Sergei Yeroshchenko 2012-05-29 11:00:00 Vladimir Putin congratulated Sergei Yeroshchenko on taking office as Irkutsk Region Governor. The message reads, in part: “You are about to embark on extensive and important work devoted to addressing the region’s pressing economic development issues, improving its social infrastructure and the investment climate and, more importantly, raising the standard and quality of life. I wish you health, wellbeing and every success in implementing these plans.”