In Karelia, garbage truck drivers stopped working due to salary arrears; Garbage is not collected in the city of Kustomuksha.
In the city of Kustomuksha in northwestern Karelia, near the border with Finland, garbage truck drivers went on strike. Employees of a company that collects garbage under a contract with the municipality stopped working because they had not been paid for more than two months. The situation was brought to the attention of the publication "7x7 - Horizontal Russia"*.
Garbage is not collected in the city. The management companies are asking residents not to use trash mats, and some citizens have started bringing bags to the city hall. Officials threatened them with administrative responsibility and urged them not to leave waste in inappropriate places. The mayor's office instituted a high alert regime, meaning a special mode of operation of the municipal services.
The deputies of the city council met with the drivers. According to them, the workers did not contact the municipal authorities in the past, and the prosecutor's office learned about the situation from social networks and opened an investigation.
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