Putinia: chairwoman of election commission received an apartment from the state after the presidential election

Ella Pamfilova, chairwoman of the Russian Central Election Commission, received a 237-square-meter apartment in Moscow free of charge from the state, less than three months after Vladimir Putin, according to official results, won the 2024 presidential election with 87.28 percent of the vote. The apartment's value is estimated at 200 million rubles, or about $2.35 million.

According to an investigation by the Anti-Corruption Foundation, founded by Alexei Navalny, the property was allocated to Pamfilova in June 2024, and she later transferred it into the name of her 24-year-old niece, Irina Kezina. The building, located in central Moscow near the seat of the Russian government, is home to several current and former senior officials, including Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and Valery Zorkin, chairman of the Constitutional Court. According to the Anti-Corruption Foundation, the free apartment may have been a reward for Pamfilova's control over the Russian electoral system and for delivering the election result to Putin. There is no direct evidence of this so far, but the timing is indeed notable: in March, Putin got his 87 percent, and in June, the chairwoman of the election commission got her 237-square-meter apartment in Moscow. In Russian democracy, it seems, performance reviews don't come as a year-end bonus but as downtown real estate. Pamfilova has led the Russian Central Election Commission since 2016. She previously served as a member of parliament, head of the human rights council, and later as human rights commissioner. She is currently on the sanctions lists of the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and several other countries.

Source: G4Media