In Syzran, United Russia deputy Sergei Ivanov staged a “reconstruction of the Battle of Kursk” with sham tanks in the gymnasium of the university. For holding a historical and patriotic festival for children and teenagers “I remember and I’m proud!” The presidential fund for cultural initiatives allocated 2.2 million rubles.

“Regarding the reconstruction of the Battle of Kursk, which took place as part of a patriotic festival, I have already been summoned to the prosecutor's office. The statement was written by Konstantin Tretyakov, the head of the public organization "Emergency Youth Aid". He is an assistant to a deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation,” Ivanov said. He believes that he and his colleagues from the "United Russia" before the elections "spill mud."

According to the deputy, the money allocated by the state was spent, among other things, on a portable exhibition of the Heroes of the Great Patriotic War from Syzran, dummies of machine guns, payment for the services of a videographer, the salary of an accountant and a military uniform. “The uniform of the soldiers of the German army had to be made to order, because you can’t buy it in a store,” he stressed.