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Former head of Prokopyevsk Kemerovska Vyacheslav Starchenko, dismissed immediately after his appointment, denied allegations of organizing a banquet during mourning for those killed in the Listvyazhnaya mine.
According to MK Kuzbass, the former regional governor Sergei Tsivilev has just removed the appointed mayor due to cadres spreading on the Internet. It was reported that Starchenko held a banquet for friends on the occasion of his appointment as mayor, in addition, the celebration took place on the day of the emergency in the mine, where several dozen miners and five rescuers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations died. Mourning has been declared in the region.
“I think it's a fake, I wasn't there,” Starchenko told Izvestia. “There was no music, no toast.” According to the ex-official, he did not hold any events on the occasion of his inauguration and now he wants law enforcement to deal with the authors of the video.
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Starchenko said he intends to appeal to law enforcement officers over video control and also wants to meet with the governor to “objectively understand the current situation.”
Photo: Still from the video
Meanwhile, video blogger Tuligen Adamov told reporters that Starchenko was still at the banquet scandal, but left shortly before a group of activists arrived at the restaurant. According to the blogger, he and his friends learned about the feast from “their people”, who informed about the holiday at the time of the mourning.
The blogger also said that among the two dozen guests of the banquet were city officials and deputies.
“We plan to seek the resignation of the city council,” the blogger added. – And for those deputies … I call for resignation. “
In the meantime, the former mayor has closed his Instagram account, where he has begun receiving critical remarks.
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