In Ulyanovsk, the school director went on a hunger strike because the institution was not allowed to participate in the school year.

In Ulyanovsk, Lyudmila Shishkina, director of School No. 72 and a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, went on a hunger strike due to the fact that, following an inspection, city officials did not accept her school for the new academic year. about this on August 20. writes Kommersant

Shishkina explains the decision of the authorities "exclusively political motives." The woman believes that officials of the city administration are dissatisfied with the fact that she is a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and became a candidate for deputies of the regional legislative assembly from this party.

Kommersant, citing the opinion of political scientists, reports that as the director of the largest school in the region (the number is 1940 students), Shishkina can seriously compete with the United Russia candidate in this district.

The director of the educational institution claims that “in fact, the school is one of the best in the region and is completely ready for the academic year.” The publication cites her comment: “On Friday, the commission said that there were no comments, and on Monday it was unexpectedly decided not to sign the acceptance certificate.”

The refusal to recognize the readiness of the school at the operational meeting of the governor was reported by the regional Minister of Education Natalya Semenova. In her opinion, which Kommersant reports, “there are no fences in the school, tenants work on the territory, and they plan to place 30 people in classes.”

Shishkina says that “there are fences, although they are not new everywhere”, “decisions on tenants are made by the city administration”, “the number in the classes is different, from 20 to 30 people, but in other schools there are 34 students each.”

She intends to continue the hunger strike until the school is deemed ready, and plans to stay at the workplace for the entire protest.

Kommersant also cites Ulyanovsk First Deputy Mayor Vadim Andreev, who said that there was no political motive in the officials' refusal, "all demands are legitimate, and all comments should be eliminated."

UPD August 24 On the regional website of the Communist Party they write that Lyudmila Shishkina stopped her hunger strike, she was hospitalized with a hypertensive crisis. On August 23, school No. 72 was accepted for the new academic year.

• On August 14, it became known that the Ulyanovsk Regional Court canceled the registration of the candidate from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Lyudmila Shishkina, recognizing that she was at the same time a member of United Russia. Shishkina herself stated that she had never joined United Russia and appealed against the court decision.