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Rostov authorities decided to demolish the collapsed dormitory on Narimanov Street. But they changed their minds.

The demolition was scheduled for 8 a.m. today. Police were deployed to the building, fearing protests from the owners. The approaches to the building were cordoned off. The owners of the properties also gathered outside.

Previously in the administration Rostov-on-Don The decision was made to demolish the building, and later they announced they would only dismantle the hazardous structures on the top floors. This was intended to reduce the radius of the collapse zone should the building collapse.

"It's been six months since our house collapsed—that's all the authorities have been able to do for the people.", — she wrote in VK one of the residents of the house with the nickname Lenore Rostov. 

As told NotMoscow resident of the house Helen, The day before, apartment owners in the collapsed dormitory appealed en masse to the Russian Investigative Committee, requesting a review of the building's demolition: the apartments contained the belongings and documents of residents who had been urgently evacuated. Due to the declared state of emergency, residents are not allowed into the building, while looters are constantly at work.

Today, many residents of the building are suing the city administration – some of the owners of the premises they don't pay The required compensation (100 rubles) due to lack of registration. Many are trying to prove in court that the estimated value of the property, based on which payment for lost housing should be made, is too low. A member of the regional Legislative Assembly Natalia Oskina, supportive The dormitory residents promised a new class action lawsuit from the residents. Oskina claims that for most of the dormitory residents, the collapsed building is their only home.

Head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin demanded a report on the criminal case regarding the violation of the rights of residents of a dilapidated building on the grounds that the trials have not been completed and there is no complete information on the value of the lost housing.

Demolition work has not yet begun. Security forces and residents have left. Only the on-duty personnel remain on site.

As a reminder, one of the entrances to the dormitory on Narimanov Street collapsed on the morning of January 28. The building was declared unsafe in 2020, but there was no rush to resettle the residents. Investigators have opened a criminal case under the article "Negligence" and are investigating why people remained in the building when it began to crumble.

Residents of the collapsed house three times arranged stormed the house and broke into their apartments, about 20 people were detained by the police