INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
At least two regional authorities in Russia have actually been condemned by the Russian public and the upper echelons of the judgment United
Russia party after publishing material from their holidays abroad on social networks throughout wartime
In one case, a video revealing Maxim Vasilyev, a member of the regional parliament in the Kursk region, which borders Ukraine, consuming a
mixed drink and sending out greetings to his compatriots from a beach resort in Mexico was widely circulated on local media recently and
prompted a quick response from fellow federal government authorities
Just like countless my compatriots, Im outraged by the video message, Kursk Governor Roman Starovoit composed in a Telegram post released
shortly after the video went viral
We live in a border region and this brings extra requirements to the work and habits of all public officials ..
Yes, I am very upset, he included
United Russias general secretary Andrei Turchak identified the deputys post the peak of hypocrisy and inhumanity and called on Vasilyev
and his spouse to resign from the party
Vasilyev, who sits as an independent in parliament and isnt a member of United Russia, called the criticism hes received unproven and
exaggerated and stated that just requires his resignation made by his own constituents would bring any weight for him, according to an
interview with Telegram channel Podyem.Indeed, Vasilyev denied posting the video at all, which he said had actually not been intended for
public intake, and blamed a representative of Western Ukraine with whom he had actually been pals prior to the Russian invasion for the
In a comparable case, Denis Dolzhenko, a regional deputy from Russias northern Vologda area, likewise dealt with a public backlash after
posting a photo from a recent vacation in Dubai
Dolzhenko likewise got a public reprimand from Turchak who again guaranteed to expel him from the celebration, to which the deputy responded
by calling Turchaks remarks emotional and pointing out that he was not a United Russia member anyway so might not be expelled
Dolzhenko was spotted in Dubai with Ksenia Shoigu, the child of Sergei Shoigu, Russias Defense Minister, according to Telegram channel Sota,
though this came in for no official criticism
Children and close family members of leading Russian officials have actually frequently been spotted vacationing abroad, consisting of in
NATO and EU states, regardless of the intro of targeted Western sanctions versus their moms and dads, according to an investigation by
independent news outlet The Insider released on Wednesday
In one particularly egregious example, the daughter of Russias Foreign Intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin has actually been spotted
vacationing in the Seychelles, Turkey, and Bali because the break out of war in February alone.
