He spoke out as Premier Dmitry Medvedev was in Siberia on a trip substantially aimed at leading efforts to combat the serious forest fires.
Krasnoyarsk governor is moved to role as head of new Ministry for North Caucasus.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is to lead discussion of how to put Siberia on the world map of growth at the annual forum.
The Siberian city is challenging Quebec in Canada and the Swiss canton of Valais for the Universiade-2019.
Defences were breached in Komsomolsk-on-Amur engulfing several villages, as forced evacuation rise.