A mother of many children and a farmer from the Karelian region promised to drive her herd to the administration due to a power outage.
Mother of five children Elena Zhamgaryan in the village of Ikhala, Lakhdenpokhsky district She contacted her fellow villagers and the local administration. Her farm has been without power for four days now, and she's incurring losses, but local authorities have offered no assistance.
Elena Zhamgaryan is a well-known farmer in Karelia. In 2017, the governor Arthur Parfenchikov awarded her as one of the best agricultural workers in the republic: he presented her with a certificate, flowers and 7 thousand rubles (from which income tax was deducted).
That year the family almost lost A farm fire occurred, killing sows, piglets, and other livestock. Local authorities filed an administrative citation against the farmer, claiming that the embers and some farm equipment had ended up outside her property. The woman and her children rebuilt the farm.
This time, the Zhamgaryan household was forced to survive without electricity for several days after a power outage occurred in the area due to bad weather.
"We won't perish without electricity with the kids—we can light a fire. But what about the livestock?! <…> The tax office recently called and said: don't forget to pay your taxes by December 1st! And who's going to compensate me for the losses? How will I milk and feed the livestock? You'll have to sit in the dark for four days!",
— she said emotionally in a video message.
The farmer asked the administration how she could feed and milk her cattle by candlelight. She promised to bring the herd to the administration and see how they could manage without electricity.
The woman called on everyone to "rise up and do something," as constant emergency situations have been ongoing in the republic for years, yet everyone remains silent and patient.
Elena was supported by a deputy Emilia Slabunova.
"Artur Olegovich, while you're preparing medals for mothers of many children who have seven children, bring a backup generator with a supply of fuel to Elena Zhamgaryan, a farmer and mother of five!",
requested She's going to the governor.