In Buryatia, they may allow electricity to remain open for debtors. But only in winter.

A mother of many children died in the village of Nizhnyaya Ivolga in Buryatia. carried out While working on electrical grids in -40°C weather, the woman turned on a diesel generator to heat the garage. She suffered carbon monoxide poisoning. The three children remained with their father. 

This isn't the first tragedy in the region where people have died while trying to heat their homes. In December, a family with seven children died in the Cheryomushki gardening community. heated The house was powered by a generator: their electricity was cut off due to debts. Two adults and a child died.

Following this incident, the head of the city branch of the Buryatia Energy Sales Company was placed under house arrest for two months, and a criminal case was opened for the interruption of electricity supply, which resulted in the death of a person through negligence. 

Children's Rights Commissioner in Buryatia Veronika Shtykina suggested Prohibit winter power outages for families with children. She proposes involving juvenile affairs commissions in working with energy companies: they will work together to resolve the situation before the power is shut off and seek funds to pay off debts. She also proposed strengthening information dissemination to large families about support measures.