The mayor of a Ural city has won 25 thousand rubles from the wife of a war veteran who called the official a “bandit” because of rising prices for funeral services

The Bogdanovich City Court of the Sverdlovsk Region partially satisfied the claim for protection of honor and dignity filed by the city mayor Oleg Neifeld against local resident Irina Kostyleva, who called him a "bandit." The court ordered the woman to pay the official 25 thousand rubles, writes E1.ru.

In the fall of 2023, Kostyleva wrote in the comments to the news about the redistribution of the funeral market in Bogdanovich that "a raider takeover of the cemetery is underway" in the city, which is facilitated by Neifeld. "Your regulations are that soon people will take out loans to have a grave dug for them... Our mayor is a bandit, and bandits love a lot of money," E1.ru quotes the woman.

The mayor's lawsuit states that after this comment his "health deteriorated, and he began to experience emotional distress and anxiety." In addition, the official indicated that he began to "feel uncomfortable" in front of his subordinates, colleagues, and relatives. Neifeld demanded that Kostyleva pay 50 thousand rubles.

The 38-year-old resident of Bogdanovich is the wife of a participant in the war in Ukraine, she has two children. The woman's lawyer, Evgeniya Krotova, told E1.ru that she will appeal the court's decision.

Neufeld commented on the Ural publication's article with the words "justifying myself is not my thing." "I am a full-fledged citizen. And who said that you can throw 💩 at me? Or does the head automatically become a target for throwing darts?" the mayor wrote .

In September 2023, the Funeral Trust Telegram channel reported that after Neifeld became mayor of Bogdanovich, he made personnel changes, and the cost of funerals in the city increased sharply. To get a plot in a cemetery or permission to install a monument, people had to contact the "Municipal Customer Office", where they were required to pay 14 thousand rubles for a place in the cemetery. At the same time, officials claimed that this service was free.