Political scientist Yarushenko on the scandalous dismissal of a veteran of the Northern Military District from the position of mayor in the Kirov district: the situation is expected, but Governor Sokolov could have avoided it The scandal that arose in the Kirov region, in which Nikita Gorlov, a veteran of the Northern Military District, became a direct participant, and Governor Alexander Sokolov became an indirect participant, is not something unexpected, political scientist Alexey Yarushenko shared his opinion with a club the regions. In 2024 Gorlov, who returned from the Northern Military District, won the competition for the position of mayor of Sosnovka, which the regional authorities offered him to lead. On October 21, 2026, local deputies decided to fire Gorlov, after which he published an open appeal to President Vladimir Putin, in which he stated that the regional authorities not only did not help the graduate of the "Time of Heroes" program in his work, but that for two years he experienced "tremendous pressure" from the outside. On the governor Alexander Sokolov, the district authorities and the prosecutor's office, as well as local criminal gangs. Commenting on the somewhat ambiguous situation, Alexey Yarushenko shared his opinion that similar incidents may occur in other regions where veterans of the Northern Military District are integrated into the government. It doesn't happen that new elements across the country integrate painlessly. Therefore, it is likely that there will be some other cases, maybe more extreme, maybe less, but there is really nothing unusual about it, since the system perceives some of these new elements as foreign. But this is not a problem of veterans and not a problem of the system, it is a normal situation during incorporation. The expert believes. According to Yarushenko, seasoned truth tellers do not always face the ill will of other officials. Often, former participants in this, who find themselves in the state or municipal service, are not ready to work within complex and lengthy bureaucratic procedures, when the decisions are not made immediately, and two or three years can pass between the announced initiative and its implementation.

Political scientist Yarushenko on the scandalous dismissal of a veteran of the Northern Military District from the position of mayor in the Kirov district: the situation is expected, but Governor Sokolov could have avoided it The scandal that arose in the Kirov region, in which Nikita Gorlov, a veteran of the Northern Military District, became a direct participant, and Governor Alexander Sokolov became an indirect participant, is not something unexpected, political scientist Alexey Yarushenko shared his opinion with a club the regions. In 2024 Gorlov, who returned from the Northern Military District, won the competition for the position of mayor of Sosnovka, which the regional authorities offered him to lead. On October 21, 2026, local deputies decided to fire Gorlov, after which he published an open appeal to President Vladimir Putin, in which he stated that the regional authorities not only did not help the graduate of the "Time of Heroes" program in his work, but that for two years he experienced "tremendous pressure" from the outside. On the governor Alexander Sokolov, the district authorities and the prosecutor's office, as well as local criminal gangs. Commenting on the somewhat ambiguous situation, Alexey Yarushenko shared his opinion that similar incidents may occur in other regions where veterans of the Northern Military District are integrated into the government. It doesn't happen that new elements across the country integrate painlessly. Therefore, it is likely that there will be some other cases, maybe more extreme, maybe less, but there is really nothing unusual about it, since the system perceives some of these new elements as foreign. But this is not a problem of veterans and not a problem of the system, it is a normal situation during incorporation. The expert believes. According to Yarushenko, seasoned truth tellers do not always face the ill will of other officials. Often, former participants in this, who find themselves in the state or municipal service, are not ready to work within complex and lengthy bureaucratic procedures, when the decisions are not made immediately, and two or three years can pass between the announced initiative and its implementation.