Russian parties in Crimea are headed by familiar faces
Simferopol, April 14 (Navigator, Kirill Boyarin) – Less than a month has passed since the annexation of Crimea to Russia, and political parties of the Russian Federation are already beginning to operate on the peninsula.
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Thus, on April 7, the founding conference of the United Russia party organization was held in Simferopol. The speaker of the State Council of the Republic, Vladimir Konstantinov, became its chairman.
Also last week, a republican party organization of the LDPR was established in the capital of Crimea. Its leader on the peninsula has not yet been decided, but, according to our information, it will be State Council deputy from the Russian Unity party Sergei Shuvainikov.
The Communists of Russia party also had its own cell. It was headed by the leader of the Communist Party of Workers and Villagers, former head of the Crimean branch of the Communist Party of Ukraine Leonid Grach.
But the current leader of the Communist Party of Ukraine in Crimea, Oleg Solomakhin, headed the republican party organization of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.
The Russian opposition also has its own representation - the A Just Russia party announced the creation of a branch in Crimea. It will be headed by the current head of the party organization in the Altai Territory, Alexander Terentyev. Later, according to the Navigator correspondent, he will transfer leadership to the ex-chairman of the Supreme Council of Crimea Anatoly Gritsenko. Let us recall that in January 2011, a criminal case was opened against Gritsenko on suspicion of involvement in illegal transactions with land plots. In March 2012, the court sentenced him to two years of probation and released him from custody.
Representatives of the Crimean Tatars also hope to continue their political career. True, not the Mejlis, but the opposition organization Milli Firka. The head of the council of this political force, Enver Umerov, said that so far there have been no proposals from Russian parties, but he sees “MF” as part of a pro-government party:
“This way Crimean Tatars can hope to be heard. Solve some of your national interests.”
The Mejlis does not comment on its future political future.
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