Yevgeny Kirgizov, the head of the city of Sretensk in the Trans-Baikal Territory, allegedly tried to hit a police officer with an ax while he was detained for violating traffic rules and fleeing the scene of the accident. Portal reports “Chita.ru” With reference to SC.
“To thwart the police’s legitimate demands, the warden tried to hit the police officers with an axe. One of the police officers neutralized the suspect by snatching an ax from his hand, the Transbaikalia Investigative Committee Investigation Department said in a statement.
In accordance with Article 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, a criminal case was brought against Kyrgyzov. He is suspected of committing violence against a government official while on duty.
On the evening of March 10, an official crashed his car, causing an accident, according to a local resident. According to TFR, Kirgizov allegedly got drunk and then fled the scene. Soon after, two uniformed traffic policemen stopped his car and tried to detain him. But the head of Sretensk “tried to hit the employees with an ax.” There are no reports of any harm to their health.
Considering that Kirgizov is the head of the city administration and has a special legal position as a high-ranking official, it was decided to take action and open a criminal case. head of regional SU SK. “Investigators have begun to conduct investigative activities regarding the suspect and other defendants in the criminal case,” the ICR also said.
According to journalists, a pistol from Kirgizov was also allegedly confiscated during his arrest. An anonymous Chita.ru source stated that the weapon was not combat, but “pneumatic or traumatic.” Sretensk police also received a complaint that the head of the urban settlement showed a gun – “either threatened or simply showed.”
Yevgeny Kirgizov became head of Sretensk in March 2022, and in 2016 his conviction under three articles of the Criminal Code – “Hooliganism”, “Deliberate destruction or damage to property”, “Use of violence against a representative of authority” was lifted simultaneously. . In the elections, LDPR member Yevgeny Kirgizov received 62.3% of the votes with a turnout of 22.3%.
“Retreat to feudalism”
In December 2022, Evgeny Kirgizov reported a conflict with the head of the Sretensky district, Alexei Zakurdaev. He also tried to become the new president of the district in the elections, but he lost. As reported by the channel ZAB TVThe head of Sretensk accused Zakurdaev of using administrative resources:
“And you see what kind of people we have, they like to cheat us, and that’s the use of their administrative resources. Also, United Russia is successfully giving gifts – TVs, cars were brought to us in the regions, in the settlements, just a few days before the elections – And to whom did they give it? – Kindergartens, schools. They seem to have planned to work, but successfully overlapped. ”
TASS reported that in August 2022 three candidates were registered for the election of the head of the Sretensky district – all of them had their convictions revoked. Vladimir Dmitriev, a member of the Transbaikalia selection committee, said they were put out because of the “lightness of the crimes.”
United Russia candidate Zakurdaev himself had previously been convicted of minor bodily harm.
According to the publication, Kirgizov wanted to become the head of the district, to cancel the reform of local self-government – the unification of municipal districts and the creation of a legal single-level power system in the region. In this case, the head of the district is not elected, he is appointed.
“It will destroy the already bad situation in our region. We residents are denied the right to govern our land. When they abolish the administration, they will also abolish the rights of these lands, whether rural or urban. For those living in certain settlements, we will not have a choice in delegating authority to manage our land. All presidents will be elected and appointed, the responsibility is different, this is the end of freedom, ”Kirgizov argued.
The head of Sretensk also stated that, in his opinion, the abolition of municipal districts would lead to the “restoration of feudalism.”
“What is freedom? Freedom includes responsibility for one’s actions, but it won’t be here, we’ll all be told how to do it and if it suits them we won’t be able to say anything against it, please, but I think it’s a throwback from capitalism to feudalism that I don’t understand”.
At the same time, in November 2022, the head of the Sretensky district, Zakurdaev, criticized the city authorities for “insufficient work on regional development projects.”
“Unfortunately, the city government reluctantly got to work. As a result, to date he has not submitted a single document for the development of the project and has not conducted a survey. (…) Therefore, there is a high probability that neither “drainage”, sewage, repair of boiler rooms, nor lighting will fall into this project,” said the official (quote) mk.ru).