“I believe that this whole wild story, which caused a wide public outcry, looks like mockery, like humiliation towards the blockade, just the elderly ... Such people should not and will not head the government. I believe that the toughest measures are needed, ”he wrote on the VKontakte social network.
Aksyonov demanded the resignation of the chairman of the City Council, Kerch, and all the participants in this incident.
Earlier, the deputy chairman of the Crimean Public Chamber, Alexander Formanchuk, called this action humiliating.
City Council spokeswoman Diana Ushakova, who took part in the event, commented on the Moscow Says radio station.
According to her, the veterans were not given bread, but special cakes made by hand.
“We simply traveled around the blockade and congratulated them on this date, the complete lifting of the siege of Leningrad. They presented Karaite handmade pies, ”she said.