"Bastrykin has so much to do here": Residents of a Transbaikal village have been cut off from the outside world for almost a year.
Last May in Novokruchininsk the wind destroyed the only bridge across Ingoda River — it connects two parts of the village. The bridge tilted at a 45-degree angle—the cable snapped, the bolts came loose, and the planks broke. Traffic was immediately closed, leaving people to risk their lives by making their way across the structure on foot.
Sixteen families live on the isolated shore. There's no store in that part of the village, residents can't reach essential services, and emergency services have no way to get through in an emergency.
In this chapter Chita district Viktor Mashukov He noted that the bridge was repaired in 2023, and the quality of the work was inspected in the spring of 2024. Following complaints from local residents, the head of the Investigative Committee took an interest in the bridge. Alexander Bastrykin.
"Numerous appeals have yielded no results," the Investigative Committee's press service said in a statement. "<…> Bastrykin instructed Alexei Volny, head of the Investigative Committee of Russia's Trans-Baikal Territory Investigative Directorate, to conduct a procedural investigation and report on its preliminary and final findings."
"Bastrykin just needs to live here. He has so much to do here," "Where's our omnipresent governor? Or is what's happening in the region not his concern?", "Does anyone else care about this besides the Investigative Committee?", "Devastation," — Transbaikal residents comment on the news.
The bridge across the Ingoda River in Novokruchininsk was destroyed by fire in 1996. Until 2019, people crossed the river by boat. The official opening of the restored bridge took place in July 2019. 12 million rubles.
"Back in late April, even extreme sports enthusiasts were terrified to be on this bridge. Now, I can confidently stand in the middle. The swaying is certainly a bit scary, but that's normal for a suspension bridge," local journalists wrote at the time. "Although the champagne bottle, which broke against the new bridge's support more than once, also hints at the structure's difficult fate. But the residents of Novokruchininsk turn a blind eye to all superstitions."
Apparently, sometimes superstitions are more than just inexplicable prejudices.
In the photo: the bridge now and in 2019 after its opening
