Participant in the war with Ukraine Nursultan Mussagaliyev became the head of the Novosergievsky district of the Orenburg region, reported the vice-governor of the region Yuri Mironenko, noting that «decisiveness and the ability to act in difficult situations will become an important resource for the district».
Mussagaliyev previously participated in the presidential program «Time of Heroes», through which participants in the war in Ukraine become officials and deputies, after which he became the acting deputy minister of regional and information policy of the Orenburg region.
In Ukraine, a criminal case has been initiated against Mussagaliyev for violating the laws and customs of war due to «cleansings in the Bucha district aimed at suppressing resistance and intimidating the civilian population». According to the SBU, Russian military, on Mussagaliyev's orders, kidnapped, tortured, and then shot a local resident, accusing him of helping Ukrainian military. In Russia, he was awarded the title Hero of Russia.
Three participants in the war in Ukraine have already become senators from the Kursk region, Altai, and annexed Crimea. Artem Zhoga, who fought in Donbas on the side of the separatists, was appointed by Vladimir Putin as his envoy in the Urals.
According to «Novaya-Europa»*, at least 100 «SVO veterans» got jobs in Russian schools.
* Recognized in Russia as a «foreign agent» and «undesirable» organization.