“State Duma Vice Speaker Apologizes for Daughter’s Internship in the US”

State Duma Vice Speaker Pyotr Tolstoy (United Russia) responded to reproaches against him in connection with his daughter’s trip to the United States. The parliamentarian explained that she did not study there, but did an internship.

Daughter’s stay in America MP Petr Tolstoy called “his terrible sin” and apologized for such a mistake, as well as for the fact that he himself received a second higher education in France.

“She went on an internship from school. They were taken away for two weeks. This is my terrible sin, – said the vice-speaker of the State Duma in the program “Life and Fate” on the channel “Russia 1”.

“She went to America, please forgive me. I myself received a second higher education in France. And for that I apologize.” the politician repented.

According to Tolstoy, when he heard reproaches in connection with the above, he felt “global guilt.”

Kommersant recalls that in August 2022, a senator from the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra apologized for his daughter Eduard Isakov (“United Russia”). He called his daughter a traitor because of her position on a special operation in Ukraine.