Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin (70) showed up with women who were mothers of soldiers. Your sons would be in the front. Or dead. Putin claimed he shared their “pain.” However, at least seven of the 17 women could be identified as pro-government officials and politicians. This is reported by the medium «Mozhem Objasnit».
The woman sitting to the left of Putin is reportedly Olesya Shigina. She is a director who makes Orthodox and patriotic films. As well as a member of the People’s Chamber of the Russian city of Orekhovo-Zuyevo. The seventh unmasked is an employee of a nationalist organization that collects aid for mobilized people.
Mama of a soldier who calls Kadyrov “brother”.
Sharadat Aguewam from Chechnya is also present. Her sons are fighting in the war in Ukraine. But these are not just any soldiers. One of the sons is a battalion commander, the other head of a police station in Chechnya. Putin’s ‘bloodhound’, Chechen boss Ramzan Kadyrov (46), calls one of her sons ‘his brother’.
Another woman is a Moscow deputy from the United Russia Kremlin party. According to the medium, another is a senior associate of Putin’s “All-Russian Popular Front” movement.
Officially instead of a soldier’s mother
Irina Tas-ool, head of the family, youth and sports department in the administration of the Kaa-Khem district of the Republic of Tuv, is also among the “soldier mothers”.
It is unclear whether most women have sons at all. During the meeting, Putin reminded that Mother’s Day will be celebrated in Russia on Sunday.
However, in this context, he understands that given that their sons are currently in the “military special operations zone”, the mothers are more concerned on that day and wonder what is going on with their boys.
No representatives of the organizations
Putin said to the mothers who have already lost their children: “I want you to know that I and the entire leadership of the country share this pain”.
The day before, other organizations of soldiers’ mothers had complained that their representatives had not been invited to this meeting and that “well-informed” women had been chosen instead. The medium Nexta also writes that most of the women turned out to be bureaucrats or pro-government activists. (EU)