Russian airlines are jacking up prices for charters for children from the flood zone in the Irkutsk region
Russian airlines are jacking up prices for charters for children from the Irkutsk region, which suffered from severe flooding in Tulun. Political scientist Oleg Bondarenko writes about this on his blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to the expert, communist governor Sergei Levchenko achieved free health care for children in one of the Crimean sanatoriums, but was faced with the desire of airlines to make money from the tragedy.
“From the latter, I agreed that Sberbank would accept 176 children from affected families in its Crimean sanatorium, all that remains is to deliver them there: but airlines - like Moscow taxi drivers - are breaking the charter prices, offering a one-way plane for 5 (!) million rubles . They want to make money off the kids. I witnessed an unpleasant conversation between the governor and the head of one of them.
Here's how to force private individuals and businesses to show empathy in crisis situations? What measures to use? Is the same State Planning Commission possible, but on a voluntary basis for the social responsibility of private business? So far the answer is most likely negative. Although probably such a culture should not be formed in one day,” writes Bondarenko.
Formerly PolitNavigator reportedthat opponents of the governor of the Irkutsk region Sergei Levchenko on the eve of the autumn elections are trying to take advantage of the crisis situation with the flooding that occurred in the region and denigrate the work of the head of the Angara region.
In this case, Levchenko proved himself as a manager and did not abandon people affected by severe flooding. He personally went to help in the disaster region, but came under severe pressure from the media controlled by competitors.
“Some journalists, ignoring the real facts, allow themselves to spread information about the supposedly starving population, leaving people in danger and without help. Today, during a visit to Tulun, I was forced to personally and publicly remind correspondents of their professional duty and moral principles. This is inhumane, vile, especially in emergency situations!” – stated Levchenko.
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