"Public intolerance" to the manifestations of rudeness on the part of officials is necessary, but you can not declare an unreasonable "witch hunt." This opinion was expressed by the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the "congratulations" to the residents of Kerch, who survived the siege of Leningrad, by handing bread.

“You know, in each case it is necessary to understand. Here, some kind of “witch hunt” is absolutely unnecessary, and no one calls for it, but public intolerance for any manifestations of rudeness is just the guarantee that we will gradually get rid of it, ”Peskov said.

On the eve of the meeting, the head of state, Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with the public in Krasnogorsk, declared that officials who allow rudeness should be "swept out of government and administration."

“We need to take a stricter approach to those people who, as you said, are rude, but at the same time occupy some kind of official position,” the Russian president emphasized.

The head of the Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, demanded the dismissal of the leaders of the municipality of Kerch, who "congratulated" the veterans on the presentation of bread.

“I read media reports that the head of the Kerch City Council, May Khuzhin, does not see his guilt in the scandal with the handing of bread to blockades living in the city and withdraws his letter of resignation. Insolence rolls over. I consider her statement heresy and tyranny, ”he wrote on the VKontakte social network.

On the morning of January 31, it became known that the head of the municipal entity of the Kerch urban district, May Khuzhina, withdrew her resignation letter, explaining his submission as “momentary weakness”.

  • Head of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov
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According to Aksyonov, in this regard, he had a telephone conversation with the head of the Kerch administration, Sergei Borozdin.

“If today my demand for the dismissal of the head and deputy head of the city council is not fulfilled, then on Monday I will leave for Kerch for an extraordinary session of the city council, at which I will put an end to this issue. Let's see where they can work after that, ”concluded the head of the region.

After that, it became known that Khuzhina repeatedly resigned. Moreover, on the eve she indicated that she did not believe that she had done wrong.

“I don’t consider myself guilty, I believe that I did everything right. I have reviews of these blockade women who came to me today with their children, because the blockers themselves do not post on Facebook, they do not read it. But their children came, brought grandmothers to me today and said that we are very grateful to you, you are the only person who remembered us, ”Khuzhina told TASS on January 30.

We will remind, on January 27, on the website of the Kerch City Council, a publication appeared that Khuzhina, deputy chairman of the City Council of Kerch Larisa Shcherbula, deputy of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea Irina Chernenko, deputies of the Kerch City Council Vadim Kutuzov and Roman Spesivtsev visited 11 blockers living in Kerch.

“Veterans were very grateful and grateful for the attention, city awards and warm communication. People who survived the hunger received symbolic bread from the hands of the guests with special trepidation, ”the message said.

The attention of the public and the media was attracted by photographs taken during this action. They depict officials in supposedly fur coats serving bread and medals to older people.

“I have the same reaction as all residents of Kerch and Crimea, who saw this news and commented. The element of blasphemy is bread in a plastic bag, ”said Sergei Bogatyrenko, chairman of the regional parliament's committee for social policy and veteran affairs, to TASS, commenting on the publication.

At the same time, Diana Ushakova, a spokeswoman for the City Council and protest participant, said that the veterans were presented with “not handmade bread, but Karaite pies”, so this cannot be assessed as a “beggarly serve”, she added. Ushakova also explained why officials were in outerwear in apartments.

“What did people have to do? 11 people, we went in and took just five minutes to the veteran, congratulated and found out what his problems were, ”the Moscow Talking radio station quoted her as saying.

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According to TASS, the first deputy chairman of the Gosvet of Crimea, Yefim Fix, on Monday, February 3, an extraordinary session of the City Council of Kerch has been scheduled, at which three issues will be resolved - the resignation of the powers of the chairman of the city council and his deputy, as well as the election of a deputy. In addition, according to him, the commission on ethics of the parliament of the Republic of Crimea will consider the actions of the deputy of the republican State Council, Irina Chernenko, who also participated “in congratulation”. The date of the meeting has not yet been determined.

“We have a major problem - this is the problem of the city of Kerch. We will solve this problem and move on. Whoever is guilty will be punished. Whoever is innocent will be awarded, ”Fix said.

Along with this, he said that the blockades would be offered two-week trips to the sanatorium.