"China is more likely to get our firewood than us": People in Karelia are afraid of being left without heat for the winter.
Residents of the villages of Proletarka and Kyappeselga Kondopozhsky district They said they could be left without firewood for the winter due to the liquidation and reorganization of the companies that were supposed to supply it. They had already paid for the firewood, but it still hadn't arrived.
"Firewood is the only source of heating, and before the autumn-winter period begins, it must be sawed, split, and dried. This means that the current downtime poses a direct threat to the population's livelihoods during the winter."- said Olga, The deputy spoke about the situation on his social networks. Emilia Slabunova.
According to the deputy, clear-cutting is taking place in the surrounding forests, and the timber is shipped to China. Slabunova's followers commented that problems with purchasing firewood exist "throughout the Karelian hinterland."
Complaint to the Head of Karelia To Artur Parfenchikov It didn't give anything: the authorities said they couldn't influence the situation.
Arriving in one of the villages, the deputy saw a trainload of timber ready for pickup. According to her, the reorganization of logging companies had not affected timber exports, but local residents still hadn't received the firewood they paid for.
"China will get our firewood sooner than we will.", - local residents joke sadly.
Firewood is currently a high-priced commodity in forest-rich Russia. In February, a young woman from the Ryazan hinterland I almost died from hunger, because the mother's entire small pension went towards heating the house.
Photo: Emilia Slabunova's VK page
