Tatiana Shandaleva, the principal of a school in the village of Zamzor, Irkutsk Oblast, was dismissed on October 10. Anna Agapova, the principal of the Atagay Children’s Art School, was also notified of her impending dismissal. This information was reported by People of Baikal on October 17.
Residents of Zamzor and Atagay in the Nizhneudinsky District launched petitions calling for an investigation into the legality of the principals’ dismissals.
The petition supporting Tatiana Shandaleva received 550 signatures, while the one for Anna Agapova garnered over 400. Zamzor has around 1,000 residents, and Atagay approximately 1,300.
Local residents believe the dismissals are linked to the results of the recent district head election, which was won by Anatoly Krupenev of the ruling United Russia party. Krupenev came first at the Zamzor polling station, but turnout was low, and he received only 60 votes. At the polling station where Agapova served as the commission’s secretary, he finished last.