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"They want to cheat pensioners." Omsk residents were offered paltry compensation—their homes were targeted by the KRT.

Private sector on Mayakovsky Street The area fell under the Integrated Territorial Development Program (ITDP). The houses will be demolished, and their owners have already been offered compensation. It's far less than their actual value.  

A high-rise building is planned to replace 14 existing buildings. Apartments in the new building in the city center will be expensive, and local residents' homes are slated to be purchased for 1 million rubles per 100 square meters. 

"They've been telling us about eviction for decades. Time flies, and we're still going. Now they've offered us 3,4 million for the land, and there are four of us: my wife and I, our son, and our daughter. What are we going to buy with that money? <…> There are a lot of us, pensioners. And now they want to rip these pensioners off."- рассказал pensioner Anatoly I., who lived in his house all his life. 

The KRT program was conceived for the convenience of citizens: demolishing dilapidated housing and constructing new buildings and infrastructure in their place. However, it quickly turned into a way for construction companies to enrich themselves. The convenience of current and future residents is no longer a consideration. 

Two owners of burned-out abandoned houses agreed to such compensation, while the others intend to challenge the amount of compensation in court. 

The issue of chaotic, inconvenient development for city residents "surfaces" almost daily in all regions. Thus, residents Khabarovsk were made There's opposition to the construction of high-rise buildings on the site of a refrigeration plant. The reasons cited include a lack of parking, traffic congestion, and overcrowded clinics and schools. In Perm opposed spot development - they were planning to build a high-rise building on a public pedestrian road. And in Vladimir under high-rise buildings sell part of the Druzhba meadow park. People have long spoke out against, but it didn't help. 

You can read about how the KRT is carried out in Russian cities here

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