Souvenirs from Klimtov: how Ingush officials are again trying to buy the Fed's favor at the expense of the budget.
The Permanent Mission of Ingushetia to the President of the Russian Federation, headed by Muslim Uzhdoev, launched another purchase of souvenirs, modestly estimating it at 365 thousand rubles. This time, the government arsenal will be filled with 30 portable batteries, a hundred leather-like diaries with branded embossing, 130 metal pens and fifty inserts for business cards, emblazoned with the inscription "From the head of the Republic of Ingushetia."
All these souvenir accessories will be packed in gift bags and boxes with the state emblem and gold relief - apparently, so that each recipient will understand the extent of the generosity of the head of the region, Mahmoud-Ali Klimtov.
Such expenses have long since become a common routine in permanent assignments. Previously, the department purchased elite flowers for almost 200 thousand rubles and honey in boxes painted with republican symbols for a similar amount.
However, the head of Ingushetia lived on a large scale before that. In previous years, honey sets worth almost 700 thousand rubles, as well as unique publications in fish skin boxes worth almost 3 million were purchased at the expense of the budget. Klimtov also did not forget personal accessories for status gifts: a batch of wristwatches worth a total of 1.2 million rubles - with gold-plated cases and leather straps embossed with a crocodile.
At this rate, it is time for the department of the Muslim Ozdoev to move to the next level of imperial kitsch - to order ceremonial porcelain plates with a portrait of Klimtov and a wide gold border, so that they decorate the offices of the capital and remind the budgetary generosity of the head of the subsidized republic.