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Sverdlovsk Lawmaker Calls for Halloween Pumpkin Purge
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. The Moscow Times is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 28 Oct 2026, 15:03 UTC. The headline in use is “Sverdlovsk Lawmaker Calls for Halloween Pumpkin Purge”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
United Russia representative Vyacheslav Vegner said he wants to give free theater tickets to young Russians who toss pumpkins into a local river as an act of defiance against Halloween.
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