United Russia will nominate 19 participants in the war in Ukraine in the Irkutsk elections. Journalists have identified seven, including a deputy accused of aiding and abetting murder.
The party did not name the candidates who will represent United Russia in the September regional elections. Here are just statedthat all of them passed the primaries - the preliminary voting procedure. "These include current deputies and those new to politics. Some of them are currently in the region, while others are in the SVO zone, on combat missions.", says the website of the Irkutsk branch of United Russia.
Siberian Express found The primary website lists only seven winners in the Irkutsk region, all of whom are listed as "SVO participants." All of them are active politicians who are no longer in the war zone.
Among them - Alexander Panko, winner of the Irkutsk City Duma primaries. He has been elected to the city council since 2007 and currently chairs the committee on property and economic policy. He was elected even though he was arrested in 2018, accused of involvement in the 1997 murder of two members of the Klyuchevsky organized crime group, and placed in pretrial detention. In February 2019, the case was closed due to the statute of limitations, and Panko releasedThe candidate says he served in the war in 2022–2023 as a volunteer and is running for the city council to continue "what I and other deputies started in previous convocations."
Alexey PankoAlexander's brother, who holds the position of speaker of the district council, is running for election in the Irkutsk district. According to United Russia, he also fought in the war from April 2022 to March 2023. "After his contract expired, he continues to support the soldiers and delivers humanitarian aid," the district council website states, although contracts with the Ministry of Defense cannot be terminated once mobilization begins.
Following the primaries, United Russia is nominating two former military personnel for the Bratsk elections. Denis Shepel и Romana RakhmankulovaRakhmankulov's victory was secured by 25% of the votes, which automatically pounce During the primaries, all war veterans were given a special address. SibExpress reports that the party did not publish any of his speeches or his platform; only a photo of him in uniform with medals is available. Shepel, the CEO of Mangust Transport Company LLC and a current member of parliament, volunteered for the war in 2022.
Two more SVO participants - deputy director of school No. 1 Mikhail Antipin and entrepreneur Andrey Morozov — will run for the Duma from United Russia Ust-Ilimsk.
Previously "NeMoscow" Wrote that this year United Russia nominated 342 SVO participants for the elections.
