Residents of Krasnodar raised at least five million rubles to close shelters.

Sergey from Krasnodar noticed a new fee on his utility bill: "shelter fees." The management company explained to him that it was a one-time fee. According to his rough estimates, the management company alone collected approximately 5 million rubles from 42 buildings. 

"These are the locks; they'll work if the siren sounds in Krasnodar. Now the question is, when have we ever heard a siren?" does not understand Sergey. 

Instead of a siren, even in the event of an unmanned vehicle threat, people receive a text message. But even if there is a notification, residents are unsure whether the electronic locks will work. Commenters joke that the next collection will be for the siren, while for now it's just "a new revenue stream for the management company." Many also don't understand why they should be paying out of their own pockets for shelters, suggesting they contact the prosecutor's office. 

Other city residents confirmed to NeMoskva that they also had such a collection.  

"We had a vote in our building about collecting shelter funds. But honestly, I still don't know where there is a shelter in our neighborhood. There definitely isn't one in my building. We've called the numbers the management company gave us several times, but the number there is disconnected. So, in case of emergency, it's impossible to get to the shelter. There's no phone line. No internet. No keys. So, you have to live with it, as they say. We raised the money and then goodbye," a Krasnodar resident told NeMoskva. 

In other regions, even those regularly hit by drones and missiles, residents also can't always obtain information about shelters. Some regions create Online maps showing possible shelters. But even there, it's often impossible to get to. Recently, management companies in Chelyabinsk were looking for residents who will hold the keys to the shelters. And in Orel, Cheboksary, Tolyatti, and Samara, people wrote about the poor condition of basements and other shelters.

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