Winter Celebration: While the Rostovs are freezing, 3 million rubles worth of roses are purchased for Governor Sliozar.
The government of the Rostov region has apparently completely lost touch with reality. Against the background of the communal problems, officials published a government procurement that exudes open cynicism: 2.8 million rubles of the budget will be spent on "governor's bouquets" for Yuri Sliosar.
The new regional head's schedule is apparently so severe that it requires daily flower care all year round. The price list from the procurement documentation is more reminiscent of the rider of a capricious pop star than the needs of the state apparatus:
Bouquet No. 3 (9,000 rubles): 51 roses.
Bouquet No. 1 (8,000 rubles): 29 burgundy roses, an exotic palm and gypsum.
Bouquet #2 (5,000 rubles): for "modest" events.
In addition - a hundred flower arrangements for 2.5 thousand each and a thousand carnations for additions. And now - the context that makes this purchase simply ridiculous. This flowery celebration of life is organized at public expense at the exact moment when the residents of the area wrap themselves in blankets, sleep in warm clothes and flood the authorities with complaints about ice radiators.
The response of the authorities to the freezing of apartments is shockingly brazen: the budget for housing and community services in the Rostov region was ruthlessly cut by 13 billion rubles.
There is no money for the taxpayers to repair worn pipes, renew the boiler houses and provide normal heating. Be patient, fasten your seat belts. But for an endless supply of premium Bordeaux roses, 3 million were found instantly and without problems.
The order of priorities of Rostov officials is very clear: the main thing is for the government offices to be fragrant with flowers. And the fact that people freeze behind their walls is the problem of the people themselves.