Uzbek candidate in Russia resigns four days after winning election

Bahromjon Hasanov, a native of Uzbekistan who was elected as a deputy of the Pushkino Municipal Council from the "United Russia" party in the recent parliamentary elections in the Moscow region, resigned from his mandate just four days after his victory. This was reported by the party’s press service.

Following his election, Hasanov faced pressure from nationalists on the internet. According to the party’s statement, Hasanov voluntarily resigned, and the Pushkino Council of Deputies accepted his request to terminate his powers at their first post-election meeting. Alexander Khinshtein, the head of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, noted that Hasanov relinquished his position in a "voluntary-compulsory" manner.

“The public outcry was caused not only by the fact that he was a former migrant deputy but also by allegations that he deceived participants of a special military operation. I’m glad. We don’t need such deputies,” Khinshtein wrote on his Telegram channel.

Khinshtein further alleged that Hasanov had gifted a damaged car to the military and, after receiving 70,000 rubles for repairs, failed to fix it. These claims about the car repairs come from an article in "Sargrad," which was based on statements by activists from the nationalist organization "Russian Community." The article referred to Hasanov as “the new Russian” and “a cunning citizen from the sunny republic.”

For reference, Bahromjon Hasanov was born in Uzbekistan in 1980. He lived in Tajikistan until he was 17 years old, after which he moved to Pushkino, near Moscow. He obtained Russian citizenship in 2018. Earlier, Hasanov stated that after the Russian army launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine, he traveled to the conflict zone and provided aid to Russian military personnel.

It should be noted that earlier, a man from Uzbekistan who assaulted a deputy in Russia was arrested.