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Bloomberg
23-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Tycoon Mordashov's Local Spat Signals Changing Elite in Russia
Alexey Mordashov, one of Russia's richest men, has found an unexpected adversary in the governor of the region where his steelmaker, Severstal PJSC, operates, the latest illustration of the waning power of the country's tycoons that's been accelerated by the invasion of Ukraine. Vologda region Governor Georgy Filimonov has appeared to target the steelmaker while engaging in what he described as a ' Beavis and Butt-Head '-style back-and-forth with the billionaire in an interview with the RBC newspaper, a reference to the American cartoon from the 1990s. He introduced a ban on the hiring of migrants for construction, only to reverse course when Severstal complained that would threaten projects in the region, and made headlines calling for a physical fight on a Japanese tatami mat.
The Sun
19-05-2025
- Politics
- The Sun
Shock moment Russian teen TikToker threatens to have her Putin official mum send online haters to WAR sparking outrage
THIS is the shocking moment a Russian teenage TikTok star threatens to have her pro-Putin mum send haters to the bloody frontline. Russian mayor Yulia Shevtsova was left humiliated after her 19-year-old influencer daughter sparked fury with her boastful claims. 5 5 Ksenia Shevtsova triggered outrage after bragging to critics on TikTok: "Are you out of your mind, dude? Do you know who my mum is?" She said in the viral footage: "The mayor! We'll send you to the [war]." The TikTok video showed pictures and footage of the influencer with her politician parent. In the short clip, she made the ominous suggestion that she could have her online trolls sent to mad Vlad's bloody war. The Vologa region mayor apologised for her daughter's crude remarks. Cringeworthy footage showed the Putin mouthpiece mum fighting to keep her job as a politician. She said: "Our children make mistakes by stupidity, through inexperience, but it is necessary to realise and correct these mistakes in time." Clearly embarrassed, she explained: "That is why I had a serious conversation with my child." The mayor accused foes of exploiting her daughter to harm the mayor's political reputation. She defended her position, saying: "There is nothing scarier than using children as political weapons." Russia unleashes 'war's biggest drone attack' as Putin defies Trump's calls to 'stop bloodbath' & vows to keep fighting The Kremlin mouthpiece said: "I love my motherland and will continue to work for the good of our territory so no one doubts the sincerity of my words." She also paid tribute to Russian soldiers who have been killed in Putin's bloody war. The mum said she bowed to "the men who are now in the [war] zone of special military operation" who defend "our Motherland at the cost of their lives". But furious Russians poured out on social media to blast the mayor and her tasteless daughter. One critic from the Nyuksensky district said: "Hundreds of thousands of young men died and were left crippled! "Personally, I also find it unpleasant to see this. The local continued to blast the TikTok star, saying: "I think that this girl should at least apologise publicly." 5 5
