Residents of flooded Orsk went to a protest rally

More than a hundred residents of Orsk, Orenburg region, came out on Monday for a rally in one of the central squares. Part of the districts of the city suffered because of the flood. Citizens criticize local authorities and record a video appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Citizens are dissatisfied with the amount of payments for flood-damaged property. In addition, they believe that the dam, built with budget money, was built with irregularities and because of this could not stop the flood. People express distrust of local authorities and ask for help directly from the president.

As reported by local Telegram channels, the police initially tried to prevent the rally, but then there were too many people to disperse them. The mayor of the city Vasyl Kozupitsa came to the square. He tried to address the crowd, but he was interrupted by shouts of “Shame!”. Then he suggested that citizens form an initiative group for negotiations in the city administration.

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• At the end of last week, the Orenburg region faced the worst flood in recorded history. On Sunday, the government commission decided to classify the flood in Orenburg region as a federal emergency. Damage to the infrastructure is estimated at 21 billion rubles. According to data as of the evening of April 7, more than ten thousand residential houses and 18 thousand private plots in 77 settlements were flooded.
• One of the most affected settlements is the city of Orsk. In the evening of April 5, an embankment dam on the Ural River burst there. Residents of a number of districts were evacuated. A day later, another breach of the dam occurred – in Borysoglebskaya Street. The head of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia, Alexander Kurenkov, who flew to Orsk, assessed the situation there as “critical”. 4,518 residential houses and 4,587 garden plots were flooded in the city.