"We're homeless now, with nowhere to go." A Mordovian village's "center of attraction"—its only post office—has been closed.
People village of Plodopitomnichesky, Ruzaevsky district пcomplained The People's Front responded to a local tragedy: their Russian Post office was closed. The sole postal worker quit due to intolerable working conditions—in a crumbling barracks.
Now villagers have to travel 10 km to RuzayevkaTo collect a pension, pay for utilities, or buy newspapers. The bus to Ruzayevka leaves in the morning and returns at lunchtime, but "there's nothing to do there for three hours, we're wasting time." A one-way taxi costs 300 rubles, which is too expensive for pensioners. The number of people behind on their utility bills has increased—this wasn't the case before.
"We even get our poor seeds here. They used to look after us pensioners, but now we're homeless, with nowhere to go. We can't get newspapers, or our pensions. We're in trouble without the mail."
— the pensioner said.
Acting head of the regional branch of the People's Front in the Republic of Mordovia Alexander Nazarkin He promised the grandmothers that he would talk to the municipal district administration so that they could find a building for the post office that wouldn't fall apart.
In the only comment, the woman writes that in the village of Novaya Muravyovka in the same district "The post office is in a complete state of disrepair, the roof could collapse at any time.".
According to independent media reports, postal workers are quitting not only because of the unbearable conditions in the ancient buildings, but also because of their salaries, which sometimes do not exceed 2 rubles.
Photo: Screenshot from a video by the Mordovia People's Front
