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The 2018 '''Cash for Influence scandal''' was a {{wpl|political scandal}} in the [[Seredinia|Seredinian Federation]]. The scandal directly implicated then-Government Ministers [[Denis Alexandrovich Samsonov|Denis Samsonov]] and [[Polina Makarovna Konycheva|Polina Konycheva]] as well as over a dozen other deputies for the governing [[Social Democratic Party (Seredinia)|Social Democratic]]-[[Liberal Republican Union (Seredinia)|Liberal Republican]] coalition and three [[Constitutional Democratic Party (Seredinia)|Kadets]]. It precipitated multiple resignations from the [[Second Vyrubova government]], and a reshuffle into the [[Third Vyrubova government]].

The scandal consisted of a system in which prominent members of the government and [[Union Assembly of Seredinia#Zemsky Sobor|Zemsky Sobor]] granted access and policy influence to individuals and organizations in exchange for up to [[Seredinian tochka|₸]]2 million under the guise of providing {{wpl|political consulting}} and other services.

As a result of the scandal, which was widely publicized by Seredinian journalists of [[Seredinskaya Pravda]] in a series of {{wpl|Long-form journalism|long-form articles}} on the subject, both Samsonov and Konycheva resigned from the cabinet and later the Zemsky Sobor, and other prominent deputies such as former Foreign Office spokesman and Kadet [[Oleg Alexandrovich Chugainov|Oleg Chugainov]] and then-Interior Ministry undersecretary [[Anna Borodinovna Dunayevskaya|Anna Dunayevskaya]] also resigned.

==Background==
==Zolodolina Pravda Investigation and Sting Operation==
===Involvement of Samsonov and Konycheva===
==Fallout==
===Reaction of [[Third Vyrubova government|the Government]]===
====Ispolnitel Vyrubova====
====President Apraxin====
==Media Response==
==Result==

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