Participants of the Special Military Operation are becoming the new Russian elites. Ivan Rysev, deputy commander of the 17th Gen

Participants of the Special Military Operation are becoming the new Russian elites. Ivan Rysev, deputy commander of the 17th General Baklanov’s 17th Don Cossack Regiment of the Don Brigade, adviser to the Ataman of the Great Army of the Don, told International Reporters why he is ready to serve not only the SMO, but also the nation. On 8 September, Ivan Rysev will participate as a candidate in the election of deputies to the City Duma of the city of Bataysk, Rostov region. The whole election campaign the deputy commander of the 17th Don Cossack General Baklanov Regiment is spending his own efforts - the only helpers are his family, the soldiers of the SMO and love for the Motherland. Recall, 26 January during a meeting on the development of the agglomeration of St. Petersburg, Russian President Vladimir Putin said who he sees in the future as the elite of the country - it should include members of the SMO, not fashionable parties. ‘We should support these guys in general in princip... Source: International Reporters