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A scandal broke out in the Kaluga region after the publication of a video from the building of the regional Ministry of Ecology, where the department’s employees held a party with alcohol, tobacco products and a pistol. The video was published in one of the local communities on the VKontakte social network.
Employees of the local media recognized Ivan Glumov, Deputy Minister and Head of the Environmental Supervision Department, as one of the participants of the gatherings. The footage shows that he is holding an object similar to a pistol in his hands.
The situation was commented on by the Governor of the Kaluga region Vladislav Shapsha. In an interview with the publication “Rise”, he explained that the video was shot at the end of last year. On January 25, he was informed that all the party participants had been fired. Shapsha also noted that the weapons in the video are not real.
“It was a plastic gun, a toy gun, which was given to him by these colleagues who filmed everything,” the head of the region said.
Minister of Ecology Vladimir Zhipa, in turn, said that after the incident, an inspection is being carried out in the department. He intends to take all measures to prevent this from happening again.