Woman in Russia's Ryazan region falls into election outhouse cesspit
7 September 2024 08:18
An unusual situation occurred in Russia. A woman working on an election commission in the Ryazan region got stuck in a cesspit.
Russia—another world? It might certainly seem so given the bizarre news we often hear from across the eastern border: kindergarten teachers forcing children to exercise in the snow, accusations against Tom Cruise for plagiarizing a stunt at the Olympics, a trend of jumping into dumpsters, and a child kept in a cage. We could continue, as this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Censorship, iron discipline, military service, or even the arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin issued in 2023 by the Constitutional Court in The Hague do not, however, deter some from idealizing Russia. We’re not just talking about residents, but also foreigners who have made it their goal to move to Eastern Europe. Reality brutally corrected such brave souls: a Danish rapper was forcibly sent to the front, while the Feinster family from Canada had their bank accounts frozen.
But what about the everyday citizens in Russia? Well, their standards are certainly different from those we are accustomed to. A symbol of this could be the outhouse provided for the election commission members in the Ryazan region.
An outhouse was set up for the election commission. a woman fell into the cesspit
The bizarre situation is reported on the portal vk.com (Vkontakte - the Russian equivalent of Facebook) by the Mash profile, which publishes "sad and funny stories from the life of our country." Which category does the case of Olga, the woman who fell into the cesspit, fall into?
The story sounds a bit funny, but above all scary and disgusting. How did it happen? The woman is a member of the election commission, and she and her team were working in the village of Agro-Pustyn. They were assigned an old house that, however, was not connected to the sewage system. So the authorities provided the workers with a brand new outhouse - which must be admitted sounds bizarre, especially given their role. The latrine turned out to be not so luxurious and when Olga was inside, she fell into the cesspit along with it.
The woman was unharmed. Her colleagues got her out of trouble, and the only physical injuries she suffered were bruises, scrapes, and a few splinters.
