The head of the Council of Deputies of the Meshchansky municipal district in Moscow, a member of United Russia, Alexander Zakuskin, came to the Chechen 68-year-old Salima Yusupkhadzhieva, whom he sprayed in the face with a pepper spray, with an apology, a basket of fruit and a bouquet. The conflict between them occurred because of the illegal trade in sausages.
“A modest bouquet for you from me. Once again my apologies. <…> There are fruits, sweets. <…> I rethought the whole situation, really, I shouldn’t have done that. You are my mother’s age. You – happiness, health. Get well soon. I hope you will forgive me,” Zakuskin said in a video posted by the Chechnya Today YouTube channel.
“I am very glad that justice has prevailed. I am like a mother of many children, and you are good for me like a son. I forgive you. But you can’t treat a woman like that,” Salima Yusupkhadzhiyeva, 68, told the head of the Moscow Defense Ministry.
Recall that the incident between United Russia Zakuskin and Chechen Yusupkhadzhieva, who illegally sold sausage at the mosque, occurred last week. According to the woman, the deputy scattered her boxes with his feet, threatened with deportation, and when she tried to show the passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation, he sprayed pepper spray in her face. The woman received a first-degree burn on the conjunctiva and cornea. Salima Yusupkhadzhiyeva later told reporters that this was not the first time Zakuskin had attacked her because of illegal trade.
Vice Speaker of the State Duma, leader of the regional branch of United Russia in Moscow Pyotr Tolstoy promised that if the information about the attack on an elderly woman is confirmed, then “Mr. Zakuskin will be expelled from the party so as not to disgrace his colleagues.”
Deputy of the State Duma from United Russia Adam Delimkhanov intervened in the conflict between United Russia and Chechens. “I don’t know what to call you, except as a freak. Do you think it will be left to you? <…> These are the United Russia people who spoil everything for us, ”Delimkhanov said, calling Zakuskin by phone on behalf of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.
