"Where do the taxes go?": Residents of a village in Bashkortostan repaired a local bridge themselves.

Bridge over the Brish River in the village BrishtamakThe road used by locals to get to school, stores, and medical centers has fallen into disrepair. However, the village authorities have instructed residents to resolve the issue themselves. own facilities.

"The village headman, Minnigale Masagutovich Gadelshin, took the matter into his own hands. He brought together active fellow villagers and entrepreneurs, and together they got the job done. <…> This is a true celebration for the village. I thank all the caring and active residents of Brishtamak! They accomplished a necessary and useful task." - proudly boasted The head of the Beloretsk district posted on his social media accounts Andrey Ivanyuta.

According to local residents on social media, the bridge's grand opening took place on October 14. The time and cost of the repairs are unclear.

"Now the district administration will write off 1,5 million from the budget for these repairs," "As always, the residents are doing it themselves, but where are the taxes going?", "Let's do it all together. The mayor will call, and we'll all get together and [repair] all the bridges on the road." — VK users reacted to this kind of self-governance.

This isn't the first time residents have been forced to resolve problems on their own rather than wait for help from the authorities. For example, residents of a Karelian village Pyalma repaired a dilapidated apartment where a school teacher lives. Local authorities have been unable to fix this for two years. Residents of a Dagestani village Dzhavgat started it ourselves restore local road - because the administration had no money. And in Batyrevsky area Residents of Chuvashia repaired a bridge that connected the villages Yanshikhovo и Tigashevo.

Photo: Andrey Ivanyuta, Sahiba Gabitova