Woman falls into cesspit while working on Russian election commission
7:41 AM EDT, September 7, 2024
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 seem so when we think about all the absurd news 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 even a child kept in a cage - we could go on, 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 deter some from idealizing Russia. We’re not just talking about residents but also about foreigners who have made it their goal to move to Eastern Europe. Reality brutally verified the 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? 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, it's scary and disgusting. How did it happen? The woman is a member of the election commission, and she and her team worked in the Agro-Pustyn village. They were assigned an old house not connected to the sewage system. So the authorities provided the workers with a brand new outhouse - which, it must be admitted, sounds bizarre, especially considering 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.
