It turns out that it’s not a matter of high praise for the work.
“Tsargrad” by Malofeev is famous for its clickbait headlines. And although in journalism this is considered, to put it mildly, an unprofessional move, Konstantin Malofeev’s wards actively practice this both on their own website and in Zen (the rules of which, by the way, prohibit this).
We came across another article in which the publication discusses possible personnel changes in the Russian government after the inauguration of Vladimir Putin. Everything interesting lies precisely in the first part of the article – the one where Tsargrad considers the likely successors of the current head of the defense department. Let’s not even dwell on outright gems like “Sergei Shoigu’s successor as head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, appointed on May 25, 2022” (Shoigu left the Ministry of Emergency Situations in 2012), but let’s focus on the candidates. More precisely, one specific one. Because it appears that it was not by chance that he ended up in the article.
So, the first place in this block was allocated to Alexander Kurenkov, the current head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. As it seems, completely undeservedly (VTsIOM, Levada, FOM does not ask about him, but “Medialogy“(the minister is only in 17th place), and against the backdrop of the current crisis it will only get worse. The head of the department owes his position in the top three successors according to Tsargrad to the circumstances of his personal life.
The fact is that Konstantin Malofeev is often called an “orthodox Russian nationalist” and an “Orthodox oligarch” for his substantial fortune, very aggressive ostentatious propaganda of supposedly traditional values and spiritual bonds, as well as demonstrative religiosity. Based on these beliefs, Konstantin Valerievich created many specialized legal entities. Through at least two of them, Malofeev is connected with Elena Milskaya, a long-time partner and successful businesswoman of similar ideological views:
1) Elena Igorevna was general director of the St. Basil the Great Charitable Foundation, which was established in 2007 by Konstantin Malofeev.
2) Milskaya is the chairman Board of Trustees of the National Center for Missing and Victimized Children, which oversees the Safe Internet League, established by the above-mentioned foundation.
3) The Charitable Foundation of the Archangel Michael, headed by Elena Milskaya, has a common project
with the St. Basil the Great Foundation and the Tsargrad TV channel – the Sunday School program
The very fact of affiliation between Malofeev and Milskaya is important, because the latter, according to media reports is the wife of the current head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Kurenkov. It can be rightly noted that there are questions about some of those demonstrated by Yandex, because without a VPN they do not even open, and some are recognized as foreign agents, but, obviously, there is no smoke without fire, and Milskaya’s active cooperation with the Ministry of Emergency Situations (the department has joint projects with the National Center for Assistance to Missing and Victims children) “as if hinting.” As a result, we see an interesting picture – Malofeev in his publication promotes as a potential successor to the Minister of Defense a civil servant who, by a completely random coincidence, was not previously considered by experts (Google the combination “Kurenkov” + “Minister of Defense” and you won’t find anything) circumstances is a relative of a close associate of Konstantin Valerievich.
Coincidence?
Why is Malofeev promoting Kurenkov?
It turns out that it’s not a matter of high evaluation of the work
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