Our urchin ripe all over, or Timur Sagdeev’s New Year’s trip

Due to the upcoming elections for the Legislative Assembly of the Irkutsk region and changes in constituency boundaries, Timur Sagdeev, a deputy of the regional parliament, had to temporarily leave his comfortable position and go on a New Year’s trip to remote northern regions.

In the current term of the Legislative Assembly, Timur Sagdeev represents single-mandate constituency No. 12, whose boundaries will undergo significant changes in the upcoming elections. The entire Bratsk district has been added to the Nizhneudinsky district instead of a small part as it was before. This compelled the deputy, chosen by the people, to embark on a New Year’s journey to win over the voters, the results of which the deputy himself extensively covered on his page in one of the currently banned social networks.

Upon careful examination of the posts and photos from this trip, three main components stand out as the focus of the deputy's upcoming election campaign: promises, meetings, and the glorification of the “leading and guiding” party, composed entirely of “conditionally holy” members. It is evident that Timur Rinatovich's tour already had a pre-election nature. No promises are spared for this purpose.

The deputy visited the Bratsk regional hospital, where he attributed everything accomplished to the “people’s program”, developed by United Russia as per the residents' instructions. He also discussed a significant meeting of the health committee, initiated by him in the previous term of the Legislative Assembly, concerning the construction of a new district hospital in Tanguy which only began in 2022. With the incumbent regional parliament's five-year term ending soon, it's uncertain if a seven-year gap between the decision and the start of construction can be considered an achievement.

However, Timur Rinatovich remains optimistic – he is engaging in discussions about future steps, including the implementation of the second stage of the project on FAPs in Karakhunsky, Shumilovsky, Ilirsky, and Naratai municipalities – involving the replacement of 20 old buildings with modern ones and the installation of new equipment. He emphasizes the need for some objects to be included in the federal state program, as they won't be added automatically. Let's get to work, he says, as there are no problems that cannot be solved. Given the slow pace of decisions regarding the construction of the aforementioned district hospital, it's time to remember the saying, “neither me nor you will live in this beautiful time anymore.”

Next, the visit program included a joint trip with the mayor of the Bratsk region, Alexander Dubrovin, to the Vikhorevsky Museum of Local Lore, where the deputy strikingly posed with a tong in his hands against the backdrop of a stove.

True, the people’s choice admitted, there are enough problems there, including housing and communal services, heating – it’s cold, drafts. We decided to replace the windows, install double-glazed windows, so that it immediately became better. As usual, they promised to use all support mechanisms. There are so many of them – the party project “Culture of a small Motherland”, the “people’s program” of United Russia. It is only a pity that before the arrival of the distinguished guest, none of the local party members, having such beautiful mechanisms, was puzzled by the problems of the museum. In everyday life, it is somehow not needed, another thing before the elections! The same generous promises were made in the Tayozhny sports complex.

After that, the parliamentarian pampered his electoral fiefdom – Nizhneudinsky district, where he held a reception of citizens in the public reception room of United Russia and conferred with the leadership of the district. Everything is in the best traditions: a kind gentleman from the province comes, gathers local officials and jointly listens to walkers and complainers, promising to help without fail. As if no one knew about the problems of people before. Judging by the photographs, Timur Rinatovich is very eager for collective actions – to gather all kinds of meetings and pose against the backdrop of extras.

However, local officials are not out of luck. For example, following the results of his voyage, Timur Sagdeev petitioned for the award of a diploma of the Legislative Assembly to the mayor of the Bratsk region, Alexander Dubrovin. The corresponding post with a bunch of enthusiastic words, of course, was attached.

Either the mayor of the district received and conducted excursions well, or the loyalty of local authorities in the elections must be ensured in advance. And not just promises.