“All sorts of people are unworthy there”: the speaker of the Supreme Council of Khakassia left EP to help the head of the republic from the Communist Party to maintain power

The Chairman of the Supreme Council of Khakassia Vladimir Shtygashev left the United Russia party, in which he was more than 15 years, and will go to the autumn elections on the list of Communist Party. The head of the republic Valentin Konovalov spoke about the creation of such an alliance in his Telegram channel.

“Today, delegates <conferences of the Khakass branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation> approved candidates for deputies of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Khakassia VIII convocation with a unanimous decision. <...> At the head of the party list, the delegates nominated me and the chairman of the Supreme Council of the RX Vladimir Nikolayevich Shtygashev. "

After the conference, he did not comment on his nomination after the conference, limiting himself to a statement on the current political agenda and the support of Vladimir Putin <The conference was held on June 24, in the midst of the armed rebellion of the Wagner's PMC - The Insider> .

Political scientists and experts commenting on the transition of Shtygashev to the Communist Party of the Communist Party of the Communist Party of the Communist Party of the Communist Party of the United Russia and great support for the head of Khakassia, who in September will have to fight for the re-election (within the framework of EDG-2023, the elections of deputies of the city council of Abakan will also take place in Khakassia). The President of the Center for Development of Regional Policy, Ilya Grashchenkov, in the commentary of Kommersant, said that he considers the replacement Vladimir Shtygashev party landmarks “an unprecedented event”, since “by once over the past ten years, the figure of the speaker’s level has not passed from one party to another, especially from“ United Russia ”to the Communist Party.”

“Specifically in Khakassia, this makes the Communist Party a party in power and strengthens Konovalov’s position. The winnings of the opposition candidate will lead to the fact that Khakassia will remain the last region, where the Communists hold power not agreed on, as in the Oryol or Ulyanovsk regions, namely due to the wide support of the population. ”

Representatives of United Russia have not yet commented on the loss of the that had gone to competitors.

83-year-old Vladimir Shtygashev is one of the oldest and most experienced from the current Russian regional politicians. He has been heading the Supreme Council of Khakassia from the moment of its creation in 1992. Shtygashev headed the Supreme Council under the five chapters of the executive branch of the republic, starting from Vladislav Torosov and ending with Valentin Konovalov. The United Russia faction in the Armed Forces, which Sttygashev headed immediately after its creation, now has 21 deputies. The Khakassia parliament consists of 50 deputies, thus, the United Russia do not have a majority in it.

In June 2023, Shtygashev announced that he was leaving United Russia, explaining his decision to be unwilling to be “unworthy” people:

“Today I am a complete supporter of the president of the <Vladimir> Putin. Full. There, all officials began to stick up in “United Russia”>. Who wants a career, get something. And it is pushing me all. I can't be there. All sorts of people are unworthy there. Therefore, you need to clean yourself. But we do not have an institution of suspension of membership in the party. So they can suspend without leaving. But then we will exclude. I have never been excluded from any party, and I was only in one party - the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. ”

Konovalov took the post of head of the republic in 2018, unexpectedly bypassing Viktor Zimin in the first round of United Russia, and in the second, after voluntary removal of all other candidates in turn, gaining 57.57% of the vote with the required 50%. At first, Shtygashev and the young governor had a rather complicated relationship. The speaker of the Supreme Council told reporters that in the first and second rounds he voted against Konovalov.

Less than a year after the election of Konovalov, in an interview with the local television channel, Shtygashev said:

“The baggage that was developed in previous years will soon be wasted. Therefore, I would like the head of the republic to finally begin to work. And most importantly, make decisions independently. And not what the puppeteers will be told to him. I still express my hope that it will speak some responsibility in it. You can choose at least anyone-at least a plush bear, at least a crocodile Gena-and who will work? "

Over time, however, the political positions of the United Russians of Shtygashev and communist Konovalov began to come closer. After Sergey Sokol headed “United Russia” in Khakassia in the spring of 2022, and, in the fall of the same year, he was supported by the State Duma deputy, the YP faction in the Supreme Council, which was led by the speaker, began to actively counteract the policy of the head of the republic, which caused Shtygashev’s sharp criticism. In April 2023, the uninsections deputies refused to vote for the report on the work of the governor in 2022, after which Shtygashev said that Dmitry Medvedev would “complain” to them. “Each deputy has his own opinion. No one hired anyone to be servants and slaves. I will call Medvedev - the chairman of the party. Shpan rushed here. There are no elections yet, but they have already begun an elected campaign, stop, there is a manager for everyone, ”said Shtygashev at a meeting of the Council.