Political Strategist Dmitry Kasyanov Declares War on Alexander Dubinsky

Dubinsky asked his fans to send him profane text messages

One of the most heated clashes of the parliamentary election campaign is moving from the streets of the 94th constituency to the Verkhovna Rada of the 9th convocation.

Political strategist Dmitry Kasyanov has declared war and promised a “series of educational measures” to newly elected People’s Deputy Alexander Dubinsky after the deputy’s fans began attacking Kasyanov by sending the political strategist insulting text messages.

Dmitry Kasyanov addressing Dubinsky

“I recommend that you quickly complete a course: How to Stop Being a Monkey and Become a Human, and apologize. Otherwise, the cycle of educational measures will continue until the end of your public career. Hugs, the one whose name you must not pronounce”

Earlier, the journalist devoted several videos to the strategist on his blog. Here is what the conflict was about.

Who is Dmitry Kasyanov?

Dmitry Kasyanov is a political strategist and political consultant. He is one of the authors of the political technology “Setka,” described in the book of the same name by journalist Svetlana Kryukova. In 2015, he ran the election campaign of Sergei Berezenko in the 205th majoritarian constituency in Chernihiv. According to Alexander Dubinsky, during the 2019 early parliamentary elections he worked with MP Ihor Kononenko in the 94th majoritarian constituency.

Who is Alexander Dubinsky?

Alexander Dubinsky is a journalist for “1+1,” a blogger, and a newly elected People’s Deputy from the Servant of the People party in the 94th majoritarian constituency.

What caused the conflict?

As Alexander Dubinsky claims, after it became clear that Ihor Kononenko was losing the election, a number of election commission members failed to show up under various pretexts for the vote count at the Palace of Culture in Obukhiv, creating conditions under which other commission members could not leave the Palace of Culture’s assembly hall for several days until the official end of document acceptance from precinct commissions. Dubinsky believes these commission members were “bought by Kononenko,” and the mastermind of the provocation was Kononenko’s political strategist Dmitry Kasyanov.

In response, Alexander Dubinsky posted Kasyanov’s personal phone number on his social media and asked his followers to “send regards to political strategist Kononenko.”