Rudeness is in their blood. This could be said about some Russian officials. They are ready to fight with their opponents, swear and cut their wires.We tell six stories about scandalous officials.
I order you not to publish the newspaper
In Uglegorsk (Sakhalin region), the editorial office was de-energized. Thus, the mayor of the city wanted to interrupt the publication of the newspaper “Uglegorsk news”. The publication has prepared a material about how a local mining company negatively affects the environmental background.
Editor-in-chief of Uglegorsk NewsZinaida Makarova said that she was called to the administration by the mayorSergey Doroshchukand handed over the dismissal order.
While Makarova was not in the office, about ten people broke into the editorial office. “According to the electricians, the electrical wires were cut, the printing house was also de-energized. Then the mayor of Uglegorsk came to the journalists and ordered them not to publish the newspaper and to leave the premises for the staff, ” Zinaida Makarova said.
The Telegram channel of the Uglegorsk News also published a video in which the mayor demands that journalists leave the premises. He claims that they are there illegally.
After the scandal broke out, the residents of Uglegorsk began to collect signatures demanding that the mayor of the city be dismissed.
Chairman of the Union of Journalists of Russia Vladimir Solovyov I sent appeals to the Investigative Committee and the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation with a request to give an appropriate legal assessment of the mayor’s actions Sergey Doroshchuk.
Less than a week after the incident in the editorial office of the Uglegorsk News, the mayor resigned. The governor of the Sakhalin Region, who insisted on resigning his powers, explained the dismissal of Sergei Doroshchuk by the insufficiently effective dialogue of the district authorities with the residents.
“Are you so bold?”»
In Rybinsk (Yaroslavl region) the mayor of the city Denis Dobryakov & nbsp;I got into a fight with a blogger. The official took away his smartphone for the fact that, according to the mayor, he took it too close.
“I heard the mayor say,’ Are you so bold?’& ldquo; and snatched from Mikhail Volkhonsky& nbsp;phone, & mdash; said the deputy of the Rybinsk Municipal Council Oleg Leontiev. And then Denis Dobryakov left with his phone, saying that he did not have anyone else’s mobile phone.
The blogger wrote a statement to the police, estimating the damage at 30,000 rubles. In turn, Denis Dobryakov called the incident a provocation and said that he did not take the phone away from anyone: “This Mr. Volkhonsky practically raised the phone to my face. I just brushed it off & mdash; and that’s it. He started holding out his hands, allegedly I took the phone from him. Most likely, he dropped it, and climbed on me, arranging a provocation. He has one goal: to destabilize the situation before the voting day, ” Denis Dobryakov, the mayor of Rybinsk, told the correspondent of IA REGNUM.
The investigation is currently investigating the causes of the conflict between the mayor and the blogger.
Denis Dobryakov was already at the center of a scandal in 2021. The mayor at a meeting with the townspeople shouted at the residents of Rybinsk: “Your mother, ah!” People demanded not to open another correctional institution.
“It was very insulting,” said a resident of the village of Volzhsky, who asked not to be named. & mdash; No one is interested in the opinion of people. More than a thousand people came to the meeting, and everyone was against the opening of the correctional center. He simply shut everyone up and expressed the “correct” opinion. He was enraged that people were against it.
Paws and tail & mdash; my documents
Former Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia Dmitry Ovsyannikov was fined 2,000 rubles due to a scandal at the Izhevsk airport.
On April 5, Ovsyannikov passed by the control and refused to show documents and a boarding ticket. After the request to show them, he began to use obscene language.
Zavyalovsky District Court of Udmurtia found the former minister guilty of disorderly conduct. At the same time, the official’s lawyer demanded to stop the judicial proceedings due to the absence of the defendant’s actions.
In her opinion, the incident is just a conflict situation that cannot be qualified as a violation of public order.
Dmitry Ovsyannikov did not appear at the trial. But earlier he stated that he fulfilled the requirements of aviation security officers.
But the court, having studied the case materials, found Mr. Ovsyannikov guilty. Because of the scandal, even before the trial, the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation lost his post and was expelled from United Russia.
Hospital or store?
The Minister of Health of the Trans-Baikal Territory, Anna Shangina, was dismissed after a scandal at the hospital in the village of Kharagun.
During a meeting with villagers in a medical institution, people told the official that it was inconvenient for them to go to the city hospital because of long queues and a long wait for an ambulance.In response, the residents heard an angry tirade. « Why is there no hypermarket in Kharagun „Absolute & ldquo;? Because the hypermarket “Absolute” will not work here, it is unprofitable, ” the minister said, comparing the hospital with a store. & mdash; You come here to spend the night and eat, I understand?»
Later, Anna Shangina apologized for these words. & laquo;Please forgive me for making a harsh statement, for & bdquo;eating and sleeping in the hospital“. The district hospital will not be closed, it will change its status, ” Anna Shangina said. But it was too late: the official was dismissed with a bang.
Scandal in the social network
Deputy Head of the Directorate of Innovative Creative Projects of the Kemerovo Region Irina PantsyrevaI had a row with residents in social networks. In the comments to one of the publications by Theodora Otsel (the nickname of the famous Kemerovo cultural trader & nbsp;Olga Vasilyeva) asked several questions about the innovations proposed by Pantsyreva.
The official’s answer was shocking. “The document is first of a certified journalist who has the right to interview, or an investigator who has the right to call for interrogations,” Irina Pantsyreva replied. & mdash; Well, and the taxman at the same time, to ask about the budget».
Later, all comments under the scandalous publication were deleted. Pantsyreva explained that she had not offended anyone. “Asking for a certificate is not an insult. I must understand that I am communicating with a healthy person. I have some doubts, ” the official said.
Judging by the data on the website of the Directorate of innovative creative projects of the Kemerovo region and other information on the Internet, Irina Pantsyreva still remains in the position of deputy head of the budget institution.
Invited to & laquo;arrow»
The adviser to the governor of the Orel region did not restrain himself in his expressions either.Sergey Lezhnev. & nbsp;He publicly insulted Dmitry Seregin, a paramedic and coordinator of the independent trade union “Action”, repeatedly calling him in his Telegram channel.
The reason was Seregin’s statement about the unsatisfactory situation in the health care of the region. So, medical workers have to “rip out” the payments due to them from officials.
“Well, you treat people, treat them. But no, he wants to become a deputy. Fortunately, the time is now medical and medical, how not to get excited on this topic!» & mdash; quotes the words of Sergey Lezhnev « OrelTimes».
After the insults to the medic, the official moved on to the “examination”of the headlines in the local media. He did not like the wording “In Orel, the doctors infected with the coronavirus” went to the patients “in the ambulance”. The governor’s adviser said that this was a “blatant lie”.
It is not the first time that Sergey Lezhnev gets into a scandalous story. Earlier, he called a resident of Orel and promised that he would find him.A social network user commented on his post about his daughter’s birthday. Dmitry Zhumik & nbsp;instead of congratulating him, he wrote to the official that Lezhnev’s daughter would “pay”for her father’s affairs. “Everything you do now will affect her life. You’ll see», & mdash; quotes IA & laquo;Orelgrad».
According to Zhumik, they called him with threats, invited him to the arrow, threatened him. And this is not the only attack from the assistant governor. Earlier, he called Oryol journalism “crap”, accused journalists of extortion, insulted specific residents and all Oryol residents.
The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation considered that the behavior of Sergei Lezhnev discredits the authorities in the region, and suggested that the governor of the Orel region take measures to eliminate violations and bring the perpetrators to justice.
“The facts of non-compliance with the requirements of the adviser to the Governor of the Orel region, S. V. Lezhnev, were revealed […] of the Federal Law “On the State Civil Service of the Russian Federation”, namely, the prohibitions and restrictions established by law related to the passage of the state civil service, including those expressed in insulting the residents of the region. So, the verification materialsThe prosecutor’s offices of the Sovetsky district of the city of Orel contain information about the insult committed by Lezhnev S. V. Zhumik D. I. Facts of incorrect statements were revealed to the paramedic of the ambulance Seregin D. V. Such behavior discredits the authorities of the region, ” the letter of the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation says.
But Sergey Lezhnev remains the governor’s media adviser.
Special norms for officials
Daria Levina Lawyer: “Unpleasant and even offensive statements are becoming more common today, and this is also due to the growing popularity of social networks. However, rudeness on the part of officials is doubly offensive: they should work for the benefit of society, and not humiliate someone’s dignity. Today, lawmakers have united to fight rudeness, who insisted on changing the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. Sanctions for insults in general have increased (Part 1 of Article 5.61 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation). Citizens used to be fined in the amount of 1,000 to 3,000 rubles, and now-from 3,000 to 5,000. And a special norm has been introduced for officials: part 4 of Article 5.61.
Daria Levina. Photo: From the personal archive
The prerequisites for the introduction of such a special norm were the precedents when the authorities clearly violated the elementary norms of decency and launched into insults.
“There is a need to stop such behavior. In addition, the skew in the legislation has been corrected, when responsibility for ordinary citizens for insulting government officials is provided, but not in the reverse order, says Daria Levina. & mdash; Judging by the sanctions for committing an insultmunicipal or state employees, the demand from them is much stricter due to their positions. So, for the first offense, a fine of 50,000 to 100,000 rubles is threatened, and for repeated-from 100,000 to 150,000. In addition, both in the first and in the second case, the matter may reach the removal from a managerial position for several years.
The lawyer notes that insults on the Internet not only for officials, but also for all citizens, were equated to public insults.
& laquo;If you have been insulted by a municipal or state employee, you should contact the prosecutor’s office, & mdash; says the lawyer. & mdash; The case will be considered by a justice of the peace within the time limit established by law & raquo;.