18:34, 22 August 2024Source: 

Orenburg authorities will pay singer Shaman (Yaroslav Dronov) 16 million rubles for a concert for the city’s day, which will be celebrated on the last weekend of August. At the same time, the city has still not paid compensation to residents who suffered from the spring flood, State Duma deputy Nina Ostanina noted.

Ostanina sent an appeal to Governor Denis Pasler, a copy of which was published by the RTVi TV channel. According to her, the news about the fee “outraged the residents of Orenburg.” She noted that in other regions, similar concerts are always paid for by local businesses, not the budget.

The regional government told Pod’em that the purchase was made by the city authorities, and the money had already been spent in any case, and it would not be possible to return it. They also said that the concept of the holiday was discussed back in the “spring”. At the same time, The Insider found out that the corresponding purchase was placed only on July 1.

Baza writes that the prosecutor’s office will check the spending of funds.

In early April, the Orenburg Region experienced the strongest flood in many years, a state of emergency was declared in the region, about 12 thousand residential buildings and about 15 thousand household plots were flooded. In Orenburg itself, several microdistricts and 2.7 thousand houses were flooded, including dozens of multi-story buildings, a partial evacuation was declared in the city. At least seven people died as a result of the flood in the region.

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