“Puffed-up but a hard worker”: Arakhamia and Kornienko discuss colleague Allakhverdiieva

They definitely didn't know the microphones were on.

Head of the Servant of the People party Oleksandr Kornienko and party faction leader in the Verkhovna Rada David Arakhamia discussed the qualities of People's Deputy Iryna Allakhverdiieva, who represents this regional centre, before an event in Mykolaiv.

The conversation between party colleagues clearly took place with the confidence that no one could hear them. But a microphone of the local TV channel NikVesti was on the table, and the dialogue between Arakhamia and Kornienko even went out on air.

Probably, while discussing Iryna, they also talked about plans to involve the deputy in the local election campaign in Mykolaiv.

Oleksandr Kornienko: – Allakhverdiieva is a total babe. 

David Arakhamia: – Yes.

Oleksandr Kornienko: – Such a puffed-up one, of course, just a little. Just a little tuning, too much. Listen, the woman's a hard worker, really. She'll f***ing pull 300 meetings off for you in 4 months. We'll win this hands down.

David Arakhamia: – Really?

Oleksandr Kornienko: – Of course. She's such an energizer. 

David Arakhamia: - Lots of energy.

Oleksandr Kornienko: - You'll introduce her to the president, you'll see he'll be f***ing blown away, he'll jump up, smoke all the IQOS sticks and say: “Babe, yes. Babe, yes.”

41-year-old Allakhverdiieva entered the Verkhovna Rada at No. 116 on the Servant of the People list. The deputy is a member of the Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy.

Earlier today, President Volodymyr Zelensky logged into a truckers' chat and threatened them over discussions of roads where trucks can avoid weight control checkpoints.