Cat leads the Siberian city in voting intentions

The Barsik cat leads polls of voting intentions for the city of Barnaul in Siberia


A cat named Barsik turned celebrity in Barnaul, a city in Siberia, leading off with the voting intentions for the municipal elections, according to an online survey.

They followed the corruption scandals that have affected this city of 650,000 inhabitants helped Barsik a Scottish Fold 18 months to get 91% of the vote for mayor in a survey by Altaï Online information site.

About 5,400 people responded to the survey posted in early December in the Russian social network Vkontakte.

"People came to the conclusion that we can not confirm the authorities," he told AFP Ievguéni Kuznetsov, a retired Barnaul.

Former Mayor of Barnaul, Igor Savintsev, resigned in August after being accused of abuse of power. Mayor since 2010, it would have sold municipal land to companies run by family members at prices well below the market.

His son Maxime are stuck waiting to be tried for fraud and embezzlement after being extradited from Thailand in February.


The municipal elections will take place on December 22