An agricultural enterprise from Sakhalin has financed one of the candidates in the Kamchatka gubernatorial elections. Previously, farmers had complained of a dire financial situation.
Sakhalin-based agricultural company Green Agro financed the election campaign of Kamchatka Krai gubernatorial candidate Dmitry Tyurin from the Communists of Russia party with 8 million rubles. This represents more than a third of his total campaign budget.
Residents of Sakhalin have repeatedly complained about the sewage and unpleasant smell from the plant, and even collected signatures against the construction of new cowsheds there in 2021. Regulatory authorities have visited the site several times.
In the summer of 2025, the environmental prosecutor's office foundThe court alleged that soil, plastic film, boards, and other debris were removed from Green Agro's premises and dumped on fertile soil. Damages were estimated at over 2,2 million rubles. In court, a company representative noted that "a claim for damages would significantly worsen the company's already dire financial situation."
Pay attention to company expenses drew Sakhalin Communist Party deputy Pavel Ashikhmin plans to contact the prosecutor's office and other regional oversight bodies for an investigation.
Kamchatka Governor Elections completed From September 12 to 14, the incumbent regional governor, Vladimir Solodov, spent the most on his election campaign, 31 million rubles. The peninsula's fishing companies contributed to his campaign. Tyurin was the second-largest spender, with 23 million rubles. LDPR candidate Vasilina Kulieva spent 10,5 million rubles, while Communist Party representative Roman Litvinov spent only 1 million rubles.
In other regions, candidates also spent tens of millions on election campaigns. United Russia had the largest budgets. For example, in the Rostov region, out of the total funding candidates received 76 million rubles, while 62,6 million rubles were in the accounts of Yuri Slyusar, who had infiltrated the campaign. In the Sverdlovsk region, 103,6 million rubles went to United Russia member Denis Pasler. spent formed an electoral fund of 59 million rubles.