The party, called the Union of People's Rule and Labor, is fairly inconspicuous. Kilometers of roads leading to the border were occupied by trucks, filled with contraband alcohol, because he blocked their entry. He finally resigned after the pressure on him mounted and he felt he would be fired anyway, he said. Cherepkov praised this centrist party as reflecting the interests of common people, rather than oligarchs. In a bout of idealism, he proclaimed his task would be to unite working people into a powerful movement able to have a say in politics.
People are like grains of sand.
There's no cementing force. Cherepkov is considering running for either governor or state or city Dumas, or some of these at once. News reports have said that if he runs for the State Duma he would compete with the former military journalist Grigory Pasko whose high treason case has gained notoriety around the world. Pasko was convicted on a minor charge and released in July. At the airport, Cherepkov's supporters and adversaries met him with a range of reaction.