Photo: Novosibirská radnice/novo-sibirsk.ru < In Novosibirsk, the kind and kind action turned into a federal scandal. Given that Novosibirsk had previously been granted the status of "New Year's Capital of Russia-2022", according to Znak.com, the city decided to select a ceremonial talisman by running a vote on the website of the mayor's office. However, participants in the "elections" began to suspect "cheating" and even the "hand of the Kremlin."
The orangutan Batu, the cat Aisha, the snow leopard Sayan, the Amur tiger Max and the polar bear cub Shilka were on the list of candidates. According to local media publications, Manul initially became the leader, but when city council representative Sergei Boyko said live that the symbol of the city could be a monkey, people began to vote more actively for the orangutan. Journalists believe the new leader has upset the administration and one of the local publications has been asked to launch a similar vote on its website.
According to reports from the city's residents on social networks, weird things have started from that moment. According to observers, the same night, the voting vote started on the web and during one night the bear overtook all the other candidates. “Taigi.info” claims that the bear cub turned out to be a favorite of the Kremlin in these comic elections and that the office of the Siberian deputy head of state allegedly called the mayor's office with a request to prevent the orangutan from winning. Shilka then took the lead.
Popular local blogger Alisa Aiv encouraged customers to vote for the monkey, but she said they were trying to punish her. The girl therefore stated that complaints about illegal behavior were raining down on her social network account, which made her have to close the blog. According to the blogger, someone also published her phone number on a page advertising sexual services. Alice believes the attacks on her have been approved by the mayor's office.
Znak.com notes that ordinary citizens on social networks are outraged by what is happening: “They will not allow you to choose a fucking talisman without falsification. “
The vote by the talisman will last until the evening of 7 February.