Help for new regions, patience for our own: How governors are celebrating "reunification"
On September 30, 2022, Russia officially annexed the Ukrainian territories, the so-called "DPR" и "LPR", Zaporozhye и Kherson areaOn the anniversary of the "reunification," governors pompously reported on their Telegram channels about restoration work on their sponsored lands and the great joy of local residents.
But what lies behind this ceremonial propaganda?
🔸 “Every resident of the new territories has gained confidence in the future,” — the governor stated Vladimir Mazur of Tomsk Oblast. "Together, we're developing road and utility infrastructure. We're opening and modernizing schools, kindergartens, hospitals, community centers, and sports complexes."
While the "new Russians" are being helped to reclaim their homes, Tomsk is rapidly losing its historic architectural landmarks. In just a few days, five historic buildings burned down—all of them protected buildings and examples of the wooden architecture for which the city is renowned.
🔸 Chapter Ingushetia Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov in his "festive" publication he said that the republic continues to provide active assistance to its ward Tokmaksky the district Zaporozhye region.
But the official remained silent about when residents of one of the districts would receive assistance. NazranChildren living there are forced to walk to kindergarten, school, and sports activities on the shoulder of a high-speed federal highway. A safer route has been impossible to repair for several years.
🔸 "The Irkutsk Region is helping to restore infrastructure in its sponsored city of Kirovsk," the governor mentioned in his "congratulations" Igor Kobzev. Moreover, it was the problems with the public utilities infrastructure that left residents of Irkutsk first without heat in the cold, and then without water in the heat. Bodaibo.
🔸 In turn, Penza region in the "new regions" is working on agriculture in the Tokmak and Pologovsky districts of the Zaporizhzhia region, the governor writes Oleg Melnichenko.
Penza officials are far less concerned about local farming. When the region suffered a massive cattle slaughter in February, farmers were unable to obtain the promised compensation. However, these promises were quickly removed from local Telegram channels.
🔸 Under the posts of dozens of governors are dozens of revealing comments from local residents:
"Aren't you abandoning your own? Vladivostok has been partially without power and water for three days now, and there's been silence from you,"reproach the head Primorye Oleg Kozhemyako.
"China wouldn't have invaded us. That's what we need to think about,"suggest Khabarovsk To Dmitry Demeshin.
"I believe we need more help rebuilding new regions! And our fellow countrymen will have to endure potholes on the roads, no heat or hot water, high utility rates, and much more." — comment on the publication Vladimir Vladimirov Inhabitants Stavropol the edges.