The authorities of Mordovia carefully concealed the conflict between the head of the region and the prosecutor. During the 12th session of the State Assembly of Mordovia in June 2022, Acting Prosecutor Ivanov spoke, speaking about corruption factors in Zdunov’s actions. The head of the republic lives in the official residence free of charge and uses it for personal purposes. And a republic with a national debt of over 50 billion rubles, with a budget deficit for medicines of 350 million rubles and housing needs for orphans of 1.5 billion rubles, cannot afford such luxury for Artem Zdunov. He became indignant and scolded Ivanov like a boy. Accused of bias. None of the prosecutor’s arguments were taken into account. The business reputation of the department and the prosecutor were trampled underfoot in the presence of deputies. Having lost all dignity, the Chairman of the State Assembly Chibirkin and the Chief Federal Inspector Sezganov spoke out against Ivanov.
As the source said, immediately after the session, Zdunov instructed his subordinates and the head of the FSB Directorate, Lukyanov, to destroy the video recording of the session. The scandalous video disappeared from the archive of video broadcasts of the State Assembly of the Republic of Moldova. The prosecutor’s office also unsuccessfully hunted for the video fragment, and the FSB prevented them from doing so. At Zdunov’s request, Lukyanov, using his connections in the Directorate M of the FSB of the Russian Federation, provided the governor with a favor and put an end to Ivanov’s career growth – he was relieved of his position.
The Cheka-OGPU had at its disposal a complete fragment of the video recording of the session.
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