Putin fired the head of Chuvashia Mikhail Ignatiev after two in a row of scandals with his participation. If they were not, Ignatiev would still lose the post

On January 29, the head of Chuvashia, Mikhail Ignatiev, was fired from his post by President Vladimir Putin with a strict formulation - “Loss of trust”. Usually, for this reason, the heads of the regions are fired against which criminal cases were instituted. The exceptions to today were Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov, who lost his post in 2010 after a conflict with President Dmitry Medvedev, and the former Novosibirsk governor Vasily Yurchenko, the case against which appeared after his dismissal in 2014.

Ignatiev lost his position after the second consecutive public scandal during January 2020. At first he called for “wet” journalists and bloggers who criticize power. The replica was even condemned in United Russia: Deputy Secretary of the General Council of the Party, State Duma deputy Yevgeny Revenko called on Ignatiev to apologize. The press service of the head of the republic later explained that Ignatiev had in view of “showing all the insubum” under “wet”.

And only a few days later, Ignatiev forced the Ministry of Emergencies to jump for the keys to the new fire engine while participating in the review of emergency rescue equipment.

Immediately after the appearance of a video with this scene in the media, the head of the Ministry of Emergencies and former guard of Vladimir Putin Yevgeny Zinichev publicly reacted to him. “The head of such a high rank is unacceptable to behave in this way. And the employees of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia need to remember that they represent the agency, respected not only in our country, but also in the world, and behave accordingly, ”Zinichev said.

In "United Russia" they promised to exclude the head of Chuvashia from the party already on the day the video is appearance. The final decision on this was made by United Russia on January 28. The administration of the republic explained the act of the head of the acquaintance with the officer who jumped behind the keys. Ignatiev himself called information about his disrespect for the firefighters "lies and rumors." “Together we ate stew with porridge. I personally know many. Over the years, our human, friendly relations have developed, ”he tried to explain himself.

According to the source of Medusa, close to the presidential administration, Ignatiev was supposed to lose the post: this year he expired the term of office. The head of Chuvashia was appointed Governor back in 2010, and in 2015 he went to the elections as a candidate from the authorities. “Even then, his replacement was discussed - the head of Ignatiev was weak, had low popularity, but then most governors received sanction for re -election,” the interlocutor explains. At the same time, the head of Chuvashia regularly became the hero of scandals before. For example, in 2012, he called Dmitry Medvedev, who at that time held the position of President of Russia, "Vasily Petrovich." In the same year, deputies of the regional parliament from the Communist Party, LDPR and Fair Russia because of disagreements with the governor began to collect signatures for the renunciation of Ignatiev from office.

To provide Ignatiev’s victory in 2015, the Kremlin had to be eliminated from the bulletin of strong competitors. For example, the head of the Republican Branch of Just Russia, State Duma deputy Anatoly Aksakov proposed the post of head of the Parliamentary Committee on Economics to refuse to participate in the elections. He agreed. In addition, Ignatiev had tense relations with the former president of the republic, ex-minister of justice of the Russian Federation Nikolai Fedorov. Despite the fact that Ignatiev worked in the government of the republic under Fedorov, the Minister of Agriculture, the first president of Chuvashia saw a completely different candidate as his successor - the head of the regional Cabinet of Ministers Nina Suslonova. This was mentioned, for example, in the book of Vitaly Ivanov, “The Head of the subject of the Russian Federation. The history of the governors. "

One of the high -ranking United Russia in an interview with the Medusa correspondent has previously complained about Ignatiev’s “poor knowledge of the Russian language and eccentricity”. In addition, last summer, the former head of Chuvashia was now in the Mariinsky Hospital of St. Petersburg due to failures in the work of the heart. The Kremlin source adds that formal care for health reasons would be the best option for Ignatiev.

However, after criticism of the scene with a fireman from the head of the Emergencies Ministry Ignatiev, who was supposed to leave soon, lost his post ahead of schedule. One of the interlocutors of Medusa did not rule out that the video with Ignatiev and the firefighter - or his retelling from the lips of Zinichev - could reach the president: "Such situations with the shame of the security forces for Putin Nonsens." The interlocutor of the Medusa in the presidential administration also emphasizes that the “inappropriate actions” of the governor became the main reason for the resignation with the strict formulation of the loss.

State Duma deputy from Fair Russia Oleg Nikolaev, who became the acting head of the republic, is close to Anatoly Aksakov and worked for some time in his structures. In the governor's elections in the region in 2015, he took second place, receiving 14.7% of the vote.

Andrey Pertsev