Communist Party leader Zyuganov: Rashkin did a bad thing when he publicly lied about not killing an elk 
Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov commented on the criminal case against the deputy of the State Duma from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Valery Rashkin, who earlier confessed to killing an elk in the Saratov region.
The politician noted that Rashkin “did a bad thing” when he publicly lied about not killing an elk in an illegal hunt.
On December 2, it became known that the head of the ICR, Alexander Bastrykin, opened a criminal case against Rashkin under part 2 of Article 258 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Illegal hunting”).
According to the investigation, at night From 28 to 29 October, Rashkin, together with his acquaintances, hunted moose without permission. After killing the animal, they hid the weapon, butchered the carcass and put it in the trunk. There the loot was found by the employees of the hunting management committee of the Saratov region, who stopped the deputy's car.