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The 2018 '''Cash for Influence scandal''' was a {{wpl|political scandal}} in the [[Seredinia|Seredinian | 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#State Duma|State Duma]] granted access and policy influence to individuals and organizations in exchange for up to ''[[Seredinian grivna|Г]]''500,000 under the guise of providing {{wpl|political consulting}} and other services. | The scandal consisted of a system in which prominent members of the government and [[Union Assembly of Seredinia#State Duma|State Duma]] granted access and policy influence to individuals and organizations in exchange for up to ''[[Seredinian grivna|Г]]''500,000 under the guise of providing {{wpl|political consulting}} and other services. | ||
Revision as of 03:31, 22 June 2019
The 2018 Cash for Influence scandal was a political scandal in the Seredinian Federation. The scandal directly implicated then-Government Ministers Denis Samsonov and Polina Konycheva as well as over a dozen other deputies for the governing Social Democratic-Liberal Republican coalition and three 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 State Duma granted access and policy influence to individuals and organizations in exchange for up to Г500,000 under the guise of providing political consulting and other services.
As a result of the scandal, which was widely publicized by Seredinian journalists of Zolodolina Pravda in a series of long-form articles on the subject, both Samsonov and Konycheva resigned from the cabinet and later the Duma, and other prominent deputies such as former Foreign Office spokesman and Kadet Oleg Chugainov and then-Interior Ministry undersecretary Anna Dunayevskaya also resigned.