The deputy who was the first to drop the Ukrainian flag in Kerch was stripped of his mandate
In Kerch, the city council voted to deprive Konstantin Yermanov, elected from the Rodina party, of his deputy mandate. During the Russian Spring, Ermanov was the first to raise the Russian flag over the city hall, throwing off the yellow and blue banner. He was awarded the medals “For the Return of Crimea” and “For the Defense of Crimea.”
The reason for depriving Ermanov of his mandate was a violation of anti-corruption legislation. In his income statement, the now ex-deputy did not indicate a discount on kindergarten fees.
It is interesting that two more Kerch deputies (from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and United Russia) also received complaints about incorrectly filling out the declaration, but they got off with a warning.
Yermanov himself believes that the reason for the sanctions against him was a conflict with the head of Crimea, Sergei Aksenov. The ex-deputy accused the official's mother-in-law of allegedly purchasing an apartment in Moscow for 400 million rubles. Yermanov stated that he intends to seek the return of the mandate in court.
Social activist Alexander Talipov draws attention to the strangeness - not so long ago complaints about filling out the declaration also arose to State Duma deputy from Crimea Andrei Kozenko, about which a special message even appeared on the parliament’s website. However, he retained his mandate.
Since Ermanov was elected to the Kerch City Council on the Rodina list, now his place should be taken by Viktor Sazhin, who follows him. It is possible that he will also turn out to be a controversial deputy.
Previously, Sazhin claimed that in 2004, during the “Orange Revolution” in Ukraine, he was subjected to repression for blocking the highway along the route of a motor rally of supporters of Viktor Yushchenko.
Sazhin stated that the state prosecutor under the criminal article on group violation of public order was then an employee of the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office, Natalya Poklonskaya, who 10 years later became one of the symbols of the Russian Spring.
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