The deputy chairman of the City Duma of Dzerzhinsk resigned due to a video in which he threatens a shovel of a road conflict with a shovel

Deputy Chairman of the City Duma of Dzerzhinsk, Igor Krasheninnikov, left his post after publishing a video, in which he threatens a woman with a shovel of a woman who claimed that he had touched her car. This is stated on the website of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of the United Russia party.

The party also decided to exclude Krasheninnikov from the local political council. However, he will remain a deputy. “ The punishment is harsh, a person is deprived of all guidelines. He fully realizes his guilt, understands that he has inflicted reputational damage not only to himself, but also by the entire party structure, ”said Denis Moskvin, spokeswoman for the Nizhny Novgorod regional branch of the Nizhny Novgorod branch.

Krasheninnikov himself called the punishment “fair and deserved” and apologized. “From the part of my party comrades, I was stiffly criticized, and criticized justified. I am aware of this and perfectly understand that no human emotions and motives can in the answer to rudeness be even greater rudeness, ”he added.

The press service of the City Duma informed Interfax that the video in which the deputy curses with a woman was shot a few years ago. At the beginning of the video, the deputy pulls out the shovel from his car and quickly goes to the woman who takes him to the phone. After that, a local resident and Krasheninnikov cursing for a long time and insult each other, arguing about whether the deputy has hit her car.