Novorossiysk deputy mayor fired right in the middle of a staff meeting

Fired during a meeting

Deputy mayor of Novorossiysk Oleg Matsedonsky was dismissed during a staff meeting, local Telegram channels 'Krasnodar and Krai' and 'ChP Novorossiysk'report. According to them, this became known on Monday, November 9, at a meeting held by mayor Andrey Kravchenko.

Career path and versions of the reasons

Matsedonsky is serving as deputy mayor for the second time: he first received the post in 2022, left a year later to go into business, and returned to the city administration in 2025 as acting deputy mayor. Before working in local government, he served in the prosecutor's office and the Investigative Committee, and worked as a lawyer for about ten years. The publications give no official reason for the dismissal: the channel 'ChP Novorossiysk' writes, citing sources, that the dismissal is linked to the official's 'eventful biography,' a personal conflict with Andrey Kravchenko, and behind-the-scenes struggle for the post of city head. According to the same channel, it was Matsedonsky who may have been involved in leaking to the media footage from operational activities in the mayor's office. These versions remain claims by sources of the Telegram channels, not confirmed facts.

Context

The outlet cites the case of the Novorossiysk deputy mayor alongside other public personnel episodes: in August, Tula Region governor Dmitry Milyaev, during an online meeting on sports infrastructure, asked to disconnect the head of Bogoroditsk Vadim Igonin, who had, reportedly, dozed off, and promised to personally tell him about the workload of sports facilities. Earlier in the US, a general was fired over a leak of data about Ukraine.