15:38, 15 March 2024Source: 

The Bell

Employees of Aeroflot and its subsidiaries are being forced to vote in the Russian presidential elections; the carrier’s management was required to ensure a 90% turnout, The Bell writes , citing sources. 

According to the publication’s interlocutors, the majority of employees should vote using remote electronic voting (DEG). 

One of The Bell’s sources said that responsibility for ensuring attendance lies with the so-called mentor – a person who is assigned to 30-40 employees of a service or department of the company. Mentors are appointed as heads of cabin crew departments, commanders of flight squads, heads of departments, and so on, right up to the general director and his deputies, who bear “full responsibility for attendance.” 

According to The Bell, the task of attendance was brought to the attention of the company management by the leaders of the All-Russian Popular Front (ONF). They will also track how many employees voted. To do this, they are given a list of employees with their data, including at which polling stations voting is planned. 

One of the publication’s interlocutors said that employees are assured that the ONF, if necessary, can see how a particular voter voted, including at the polling station. 

In case of low turnout, the management of the Aeroflot group will take “strict measures, including layoffs,” but this is unlikely to affect pilots, flight attendants, technicians and ground service employees, since the companies have a shortage of such specialists.

According to Meduza, the Kremlin wants to see a turnout in the presidential elections of about 70-80%. They plan to ensure it with the help of an electorate dependent on the authorities: state employees, employees of state corporations and large companies, loyal to the authorities, as well as their relatives and friends.

(C)MEDUZA 2024