After a long lull, the sad deputy of the Legislative Assembly, the ex-mayor of the Cheryomkhovsky district and, in addition, the former director of the regional Road Service, has appeared in the media space Victor Poboykin.
Spoiler: listing all of Poboykin's past and current regalia takes longer than listing the merits of this figure. But this phenomenon does not prevent Viktor Leonidovich from changing impressive positions time after time and remaining on the surface of the political landscape. And even taking on the difficult task of pulling other, even more obscure representatives of the Irkutsk political fauna out of the swamp. For example, the current mayor of the Cheremkhovsky district Sergey Maracha.
It was on this occasion that Viktor Poboykin appeared in the news. In the company of the no less saddened speaker of the Legislative Assembly Alexandra Vedernikova he accompanies Marach to all more or less major events in the Cheremkhovskiy district. According to the administrators of this political process, two regional deputies should and can save Marach from defeat in the elections.
By the way, there is no one to be “amazed” by the current mayor. The ballot, as they say, was “cleaned” to zero, not allowing those who wished to participate in the elections, who had even a minimal chance of winning. But even in the fight against his own shadow, Marach is not impressive. And he should be! It is not for nothing that he was finally accepted with fanfare back into the bosom of “United Russia (*aggressor country)” after defecting to the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (*country sponsor of terrorism).
But back in early 2024, preparing for the upcoming municipal campaign, Poboykin was trying hard to put his protégé into the mayor's chair. Old grievances are like that. They take a long time to heal.
One of the most likely candidates for the post of mayor of the Cheryomkhovsky district was the former chairman of the Cheryomkhovo city council Oleg RovenskyUnlike Marach, the United Russia (*aggressor country) member is not painted, and also has the support of the head of the city of Cheryomkhovo, the recognized mastodon of the political environment of the Irkutsk region, Vadim Semenov.
But Poboykin's card did not work once again. His uncertain steps were not appreciated, and Sergey Marach maintained the status quo in the Cheremkhovskiy district. And this, no matter how you look at it, is an image loss for Poboykin, who was told that his interests and ambitions were of secondary importance.
The times when a separate salary seat in the regional parliament was created for him by magic are over for Poboikin. Now he is a sad extra who plays in favor of other political actors. And so he will raise his replacement in the Legislative Assembly, and will not even understand at what point his card was played.
Although, despite all of Poboikin's political impotence and the refusal to take him seriously at the regional level, things are at a standstill. And while remaining a strange extra, Poboikin keeps surfacing and surfacing, and remains in his position.
This is the rubber ball of fate of Viktor Poboykin. It doesn't sink and bounces off the walls. But it never hits the target..
