The envoy to the Ural Federal District, Zhoga, urged not to consider Yekaterinburg as a liberal capital

Yekaterinburg needs to get rid of the status of a city with a bias towards liberalism. This was announced on January 21 by the authorized representative of the president in the Ural Federal District, Artyom Zhoga.

"It is impossible to judge by five, six, ten people who hold such views <...>. We have a patriotic region, we are canceling this status," Zhoga said, quoting his words. Ura.ru .

In his opinion, Yekaterinburg is not a "liberal capital," but a similar cliche has developed due to several public figures, he adds.Газета.Ru ".

In May 2025, deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation appealed to law enforcement agencies with a demand to check the anti-Russian activities of the Yeltsin Center in Yekaterinburg.

In their opinion, the organization distorts history, glorifies the personality of the first president of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, presents the 1990s as a period of "democratization", glossing over the catastrophic consequences of the reforms.

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