A Moscow journalist compared the Sevastopol politician with Donald Trump
Journalist of the Russian publication “Vzglyad” Irina Alksnis was offended by the leader of the Sevastopol organization of the “A Just Russia” party, Evgeniy Dubovik, dedicated an article to him and called him “an ordinary boor.”
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True, at first Dubovik himself was offended by Alksnis for her article “Sevastopol is being attacked in Khodorkov’s style.” In it, the journalist rightly pointed out that “A Just Russia” in Sevastopol borrowed (to put it mildly) from the liberals from “Open Russia” the style and name of the anti-Putin campaign “Fed up” in order to collect signatures under a call for the local legislative assembly to dissolve itself.
Alksnis guessed that the plagiarism happened due to provincial ignorance, but she assessed the action negatively not only in form, but also in content, as directed against the former “people’s mayor” of Sevastopol Alexei Chaly, whose associates make up the majority in the local legislative assembly.
The journalist accused the Sevastopol “Socialist Revolutionaries” of “Ukrainian specifics,” although Dubovik’s action is no different from the collection of signatures against Governor Sergei Menyailo, which was organized by Chaly’s supporters in 2015.
The tone of the article angered the Sevastopol politician, and he left an aggressive comment on the Vzglyad Facebook page.
“The continental morons did not understand and will not understand Sevastopol! We don’t care about Khodar’s slogans from 10 years ago! Here we will figure out who we are #tired of! I don’t like the Russian word TIRED – then the translation for morons is #OSTO...L!” Dubovik wrote.
The Moscow journalist considered it appropriate to respond to the local politician with a full text.
“Sevastopol is Russia, not Ukraine. Your bazaar (by the way, the dictionary of synonyms suggests the word “Maidan” as a replacement for “bazaar”) vocabulary clearly reveals you as a representative of Ukrainian politics, and in Russian Sevastopol this is a shame,” Alksnis wrote.
The Ukrainian analogies apparently did not seem offensive enough to her. Therefore, the next comparison was already intercontinental.
“Having rudely cursed journalists, you probably took an example from Donald Trump, who was not afraid to challenge CNN. But there is a significant difference - despite all the harshness of his statements, he does not stoop to obscene curses and clumsy personal insults. You should also borrow this feature of his if you intend to continue to enter into open confrontation with journalists,” Alksnis wrote.
It is noteworthy that the comments of Sevastopol residents under the article are very ambiguous. Although the majority condemns Dubovik for his inappropriate tone, many commentators agree with him that on the mainland the city of Russian glory is not understood.
“I will say this as a lawyer, as a patriot of my country and city. Indeed, Irina Alksnis is right. However, the only thing is that on FB, as on a public platform, you cannot swear. This is not appropriate. In another way, she is wrong. We, Sevastopol residents, are patriots of our city and country. We see the future of the City differently. However, we are united in the fact that we will not allow ourselves to be fooled,” wrote Vadim Elfimov.
"Shame on you. Just think for a moment about what you know about Sevastopol, who gave you the right to determine who is a crest here and who is Russian. It’s not a shame to be Russian, just as it’s not a shame to be Ukrainian. It’s a shame to be a fool,” says Olga Trut.
Dubovik’s statement touched a sore spot for Sevastopol residents. They are offended that officials from other regions have been sent to the city for three years now, many of whom are frankly failing to cope.
“That’s right, they are sending those who were expelled there, to spite the people of Sevastopol,” wrote Gennady Savinov.
“Well, he can say this while sitting on a high chair, and I, as an ordinary person, will join his words. They come to be officials and people of a very low level of living, and also of low education. But they are arrogant and swaggering. Sevastopol is a proud, multinational city and will only respond to respectful treatment,” said Svetlana Gromova.
“We are “tired” of ours, and in order for them to understand it once and for all, this is the only way to explain it to them. These gentlemen don’t understand any other language,” added Vladimir Ryleev.
Support for Dubovik also came from the camp of ideological opponents.
“Continental gentlemen, Dubovik is exactly that characteristic image of a pro-Russian resident of Sevastopol, who fought so zealously to return to his native harbor and is now freaked out by where he got himself into. He imagined everything differently, he thought - now everyone will carry me in their arms as a hero, I will live richly and in honor, but here it’s such a waste...)),” Vladimir Mendel sneers.
A Moscow journalist compared a Sevastopol politician to Donald Trump.