Residents of Yeysk in Krasnodar are asking Putin for a "fair" power outage schedule.
«Many entertainment and non-essential establishments in our city are constantly supplied with electricity <…> The burden of the lack of electricity must be fairly distributed among all consumers"," the speaker says in a video message.
The hours-long power outages began on July 9, the man in the video reports. Near him are 15 other adults and a child. All of them are residents of two apartment buildings on Karl Liebknecht Street in YeiskAccording to those who petitioned Putin, power outages could last more than eight hours. For example, there was no power outage from 11:30 AM on July 18 to 12:08 AM on July 19.
The lack of electricity deprives people of more than just light: food in refrigerators spoils, and the upper floors are without water because the pumps don't work. All of this leads to "a deterioration in the health of residents and a deterioration in the sanitary conditions."
Yeysk residents acknowledge the "complexity of the situation," but believe they have "become hostage to the unprofessionalism of officials" and are asking for a "fair power supply schedule." They believe this should include outages lasting no longer than "a few hours" (they don't specify the exact duration of a "fair" outage).
The video message was published on YouTube on July 19 (at the same time, local residents watched as sparkle power lines), was distributed in local media today.
The day before, due to frequent and prolonged power outages in Krasnodar got together a spontaneous rally, protesters blocked the roadway, several people were arrested.
Rosseti-Kuban regularly reports on launching new capacities and repair existing equipment. However, power outages are observed throughout the south of Russia: the power grids are not endure loads due to a lack of capacity, and the elimination of accidents is hampered by abnormal heat. Experts they say about the energy crisis.