It is the 2nd round of Mayoral elections in Samara today. There are two candidates: the current mayor and his rival. Neither is good.
The mayor is said to be the criminal cover for the markets’ dealers. During his years in power auctions on land plots for construction purposes were virtually non-existent or conducted with violations (hence, scandals in this sphere). He is using all the administrative resources to win and even hopped into the ruling party to secure its backing.
Another candidate was in power at the end of the Soviet times. Then he moved to oil and other businesses. He is also said to have some criminal past.
Both candidates used Moscow political figures to come and support them. But as the current mayor has backing from the ruling party, their presence was especially noticed: on local (and even federal) television, billboards. It is all so sickening and makes one feel like quitting this shit. Only how and where?
Unfortunately, they’ve recently abolished “Against all” option on the ballot paper, so I had to choose the second candidate. But frankly it would have been “Against all”. Only in any case things will remain almost unchanged whatever the results. Those in power (now or then) will continue to enrich themselves and industrial (financial, criminal and political) groups behind them. Those outside power will continue living, struggling with injustice and greyness, with poverty and everyday problems.
