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Hug a dog and yell into the refrigerator—that's the advice a Severodvinsk resident received from the district head.

In response to criticism from a Severodvinsk resident, Sergei Gutsalo, head of the Verkhnetoyemsky District, advised her to hug her dog and yell into the refrigerator.

Before Sergey Gutsalo He cut down trees, then built a business and went into politics. He has been the head of the Verkhnetoyemsky District, 600 km from ArkhangelskHe is in charge of 287 villages and settlements, inhabited by just over 10 people.

"Everyone has enough strength to accomplish what he believes in!" — He posted this quote from Goethe on his VKontakte profile.

Posts on his page are devoted to three main themes: traditional family values ​​(posts about his wife and young daughter), the war with Ukraine ("everyone who is in the SVO today is doing the hardest and most responsible job that can be done on this planet"), and constant disagreement with criticism from internet users ("it's easy to sit on social media and write: 'It was better before'").

A Severodvinsk resident responded to the district head.

Dispute with a resident Severodvinsk started on October 28th, under a post about how “theory at SVO always gives way to practice.”

“The post is about nothing,” a resident of Severodvinsk wrote in the comments, standing up for her relatives from the village Dvinskaya. - Where is the lighting in the village, where are the roads?

She also noted that there are practically no comments from residents of the district under the official’s posts.

"Everyone agrees everything's fine? No way, everything's really bad," the woman concluded.

"If you have any concerns about what I write, just don't read it, I sincerely recommend it," the head of the district answered her 20 minutes later.

But a resident of Severodvinsk advised him not to worry about her nerves: "Better worry about the delicate mental organization of the residents, who deserve better living conditions."

"You'd better go hug the dog, water the ficus, open the refrigerator and shout into it everything you think about me, and in return it will silently give you food," Sergey Gutsalo wrote and ended the discussion.

The head of the Verkhnetoyemsky District on the work of military doctors

The following day, in a post dedicated to the work of military medics and the "smell of pus that has soaked into the bandages," the official noted: "In civilian life, where the biggest problem is internet outages, it's crucial to sometimes stop and realize: while someone is arguing in the comments, somewhere in the darkness, under the light of surgical lamps, a battle is being waged. A battle for the wounded, rescued from under rubble and drones, to have the chance to hug their loved ones."

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