Putin apparently embarrassed: Soldiers' mothers are government-loyal civil servants
Created: 11/27/2022, 13:24
By: Victoria Krumbeck
Russia's President met with mothers of soldiers who are in Ukraine.
According to one report, the women are said to be politicians and civil servants.
Munich/Nowo-Ogaryovo – If there is one thing Putin can do, it is to stage himself and his interests.
On Friday, the Russian President met with the mothers of soldiers who are fighting for him in the Ukraine war.
He showed empathy and understanding to the mothers who spoke of their children.
However, a report puts the meeting in a different light.
Because the women who took part in the meeting are said to be politicians and civil servants.
Ukraine war: Putin's soldiers' mothers are government-loyal civil servants
In keeping with Mother's Day in Russia, which is celebrated on the last Sunday in November, Vladimir Putin met with mothers of soldiers.
A total of 17 women from a wide variety of regions in Russia are said to have attended the meeting, according to the Russian state agency
Tass
.
"I want you to know that we share this pain with you.
And of course we will do our best not to make you feel forgotten and to feel the support," Putin said at the call.
Russian President Vladimir Putin with mothers of soldiers.
© Mikhail Metzel/IMAGO
The Russian government website published pictures and content of the talks after the meeting.
Putin described the soldiers as "true heroes".
He also telephoned the soldiers in the war zones, as he said when talking to the mothers.
According to a report by the Mozhem Objasnit medium, there are doubts as to whether they are really only mothers of
soldiers
.
Putin meets with soldiers' mothers - including a director and politician
The medium was able to identify seven of the 17 women.
The woman on Putin's left is Olesya Shigina, according to the report.
She is a director and makes orthodox, patriotic films.
The woman in the headscarf sitting to Putin's right is reportedly Sharadat Aguewa, a representative of the Chechen "aristocracy".
Her two sons are said to be fighting in Ukraine.
Director Olesya Shigina (left), President Vladimir Putin (middle) and the Chechen representative of Sharadat Aguewa (right).
© Alexander Shcherbak/IMAGO
The other women are Olga Beltseva, a Moscow civil servant and deputy of the Kremlin's United Russia party.
Julia Belekhova is said to have taken part in the conversation.
She is the head of the Moscow Region Executive Committee of the All-Russia Popular Front (ONF) movement.
A member of the People's Chamber of the city of Orekhovo-Zuyevo and a former domestic policy adviser to the head of the southern Russian Republic of Khakassia are said to have attended the meeting.
According to the report, Irina Tas-ool, head of the Department of Family, Youth and Sports in the Kaa-Khem District Administration of the Republic of Tuva, also attended the meeting.
Another woman is a member of the public chamber in the town of Orekhovo-Zuyevo, about 90 kilometers east of Moscow.
It is still unclear whether the other participants were also civil servants.
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The human rights organization Soldiers' Mothers, which is part of the Russian opposition, did not attend the meeting.
In March, the organization asked Putin for a ceasefire to exchange the bodies of the dead with the Ukrainian side.
Putin also spoke to the women about false reports circulating on the internet.
“There is a lot of fake news, fraud and lies.
There are many information attacks.
This has always been the case, but with the advent of modern technologies, it has become particularly relevant and effective,” Putin said.
Although he probably meant Western media, he describes Russian propaganda quite accurately.
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