"We won't see any sausages or fruit." Fuel and food supplies are being thwarted in a village in the Amur Region due to a road.
The village of Oktyabrsky in the Amur Region, home to 600 people, has been without fuel and food supplies for about a week. This left residents without water, as there was no gasoline for the water truck. The water shortage has now been partially resolved, but it's unlikely to last.
"They've started hauling water, but we've only managed to bring in a small amount of gasoline. They've set a water limit of no more than 400 liters per household per week, and that includes watering the garden. Groceries are running low in the stores, and I don't think there will be any new supplies until the road connecting the village with the district center is built. We simply have no other way to deliver fuel and groceries. Businessmen delivered flour last winter, so there will be some bread, but we'll likely never see perishables or sausages, or even fruit," a village resident told NeMoskva.
The only road into the village didn't collapse yesterday. As of 2025, it was only accessible by four-wheel-drive trucks. It's unknown when it will be repaired. According to a resident, they tried to patch the potholes this winter, but as soon as the ground thawed, the road was destroyed by heavy trucks again.
There are many trucks in the village—several gold mining cooperatives operate nearby. According to a villager, they are manned by many Chinese workers who buy all the food wholesale.
— All the water bodies around the village have become muddy, so it’s like we’re living in the taiga, but we can’t swim or catch any fish.
Punishing negligent gold miners is difficult—inspectors won't be able to get to the sites, "that's the plan," a NeMoskva source is sure.
Residents turned to local communists for help. Roman Kobyzov, leader of the Primorsky Communists, He pledged send parliamentary inquiries to regulatory authorities.
Photo: local residents