"We'll soon start rebelling." A city of 30 people in Transbaikalia is freezing.
In the city of Borzya in the Trans-Baikal Territory for the second year problem With heating. By December 2022, temperatures in social facilities had already dropped to +5°C, and children were unable to attend classes at schools and kindergartens. A criminal case was opened against the mayor, Vladimir Nekhamkin, for negligence, but it was ultimately dismissed due to lack of evidence.
Borzya allocated 72 million rubles to prepare for the 2023 heating season. However, the first complaints about low temperatures in apartments emerged in November, and in December, residents reported that radiators were "exploding from the cold."
State Duma deputy Andrei Gurulev demanded a state of emergency be declared in the city, but the Transbaikal government noted that the situation was not so critical: "The temperature in apartments is rising, with the exception of one building.".
Meanwhile, the mayor of Borzya himself blames the residents themselves for the situation, who began solving the problem of air in their heating systems by draining the water from their radiators. The governor decided that the mayor should personally visit the courtyards and punish those who drain the water.
Investigative Committee and the Prosecutor's Office Have begun An inspection was ordered due to a drop in temperature in homes in Borzya. Governor Alexander Osipov is addressing the issue on the ground, while locals, meanwhile, write:
"We need to build a new boiler house in Borzya, not patch up the holes in the old one, which is over 60 years old. Everything in it has long since rotted away." "Every year it's the same thing. The heating was turned off, the hot water pipe froze. Residents of the building were without drinking water for 24 hours and had to thaw the cold water pipe themselves. Where does the money we pay for housing and heating go? We'll definitely start rioting soon." "The people of Borzya need a mayor who's a good manager, someone who actually understands the problems and knows how to solve them, not a mayor who's a journalist and populist and only knows how to talk nicely."