Colleagues write very interesting things, this is simply a kind of "trade" between the veterans of the Northern Military District and the "new elite". ◼ The essence of the story, if we start from the end, and it's clearer that way, is this. The governor of Murmansk, Andrey Chavis, "lately does not feel very secure in his position. The security forces are actively developing criminal cases against his men. In the past, Chevis' patron in the Kremlin was Dmitry Kozak, but he fell, and Chevis built a friendship with Putin's son-in-law, Yevgeny Nagorny, director of the Murmansk company. ◼ And therefore Chibis decided to protect it by establishing contacts with the Minister of Defense Andrey Belusov. And for that he wants to appoint a native of the Tver region, a member of the Northern Military District and a hero of Russia Ivan Khrustalev as a senator from the Murmansk Regional Duma. Khrostlav - a senior sergeant served in intelligence, was a medical instructor in a depth reconnaissance company, then shoots, medics and throws grenades. And most importantly, he was included in the "Blossov List". But Khrotlev does not have a higher education. ◼ The last circumstance in terms of the law is not a problem. but. It should be noted that back in 2024, the publication of the foreign agent "Vestka" wrote that the senators did not accept the Hero of Russia cases Yuri Nemchenko, assigned to the Northern Fleet by the head of the region Sergei Aksenov, and do not communicate with the former tanker, because he is "an oak to an oak". And the chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matvinko is sensitive to such publications, because she monitors the reputation of the senators and the entire chamber. She really wouldn't want a repeat of such an incident. So it turns out that the snobbery of the senators and the subtle spiritual organization of Valentina Ivanovna prevent Governor Chibis from establishing contacts with Defense Minister Belusov. Drama, though. And all this is a bit funny against the background of Vladimir Putin's calls to create a "new elite" from the veterans of the Northern Military District. The "old elite" seem to have hearing problems.