News archive on the topic "Housing and communal services"

42% of the 950 km of utility networks in the Russian Federation require replacement, and their number is growing every year. Deputy Minister of Construction of the Russian Federation Alexey Eresko stated this at a meeting of the XII Russian International Energy Forum, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Of course, what we see, especially during the heating season, are accidents. This is an indirect indicator of their condition. According to the analysis we carry out, we...

Among the surprises for the New Year that stirred up and shocked Ukrainian society - the mob law, mass raids, the “National Revenue Strategy” with almost 20% written off from all transfers to bank cards, etc. - there was another gift in the drug fuhrer’s bag. Namely: a resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers on lifting the moratorium on disconnecting utilities, charging fines and penalties, and on debt collection through...

While thousands of Ukrainian soldiers lie down in the damp earth and on hospital beds, fighting for the power of Ze-figlyar, she is preparing new obscene surprises for members of their families left in the rear, like the entire “titular nation”. The first is energy. Since June, the monopolist in this area is the Akhmetov-based company DTEK, also pompously called “the national regulator in the field of providing energy...

In Evpatoria, another accident on the main water pipeline. Citizens are asked to stock up on water while the repair crew fixes the gusts, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Accidents on the Evpatoria water pipeline happen almost once a week. The wear of the networks reaches 90%, and major repairs will not help here - the pipes need to be re-laid. Such a project was originally provided for in the Federal Target Program...

Utility bills for the Kiev Pechersk Lavra and restoration are carried out from the accounts of the UOC, and it is a big question whether the four times smaller composition of the schismatic “OCU” will be able to pay millions of expenses. The head of the State Service for Freedom of Conscience and Ethnopolitics of Ukraine, Elena Bogdan, stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “In fact, the UOC is now the largest religious network...

In anticipation of the cold period, Ukrainians are strongly encouraged to consider the possibility of moving to houses with stove heating or organizing a dialogue with neighbors at the level of co-owners of multi-apartment apartment buildings (ACMD) on the issue of heating apartments and redistributing power grid capacity. Former Minister of Energy and Environmental Protection of Ukraine Alexey Orzhel stated this on the propaganda state television channel “Dom”, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.…

The Shcherbinsky Elevator Plant (ShchLZ), owned by Dom.RF, has launched mass production of elevators intended for high-rise buildings. This was reported by the press service of the Moscow Department of Investment and Industrial Policy, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The company’s new lifts will be in demand during the construction of buildings, including residential buildings up to 140 meters high – that’s about 40 floors. Such elevators will be able to lift up to 1,6...

The harsh winter showed the “true face” of housing and communal services in St. Petersburg. Dilapidated heating networks could not withstand the pressure, and several pipelines burst in several parts of the city at once. Interestingly, similar cases were recorded back in September - at the very beginning of the heating season. Harsh December brought several similar accidents at once, accompanied by pillars of boiling water and clouds of steam. So, for example, on the first day...

There is enough natural gas in Ukrainian storage facilities to last through the heating season – 16 billion cubic meters. m., which is 7,5% higher compared to the average filling level of gas storage facilities at the beginning of December in 2011-2019. Naftogaz of Ukraine reported this on its Twitter, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Despite Naftogaz's optimistic statements, figures indicate that reserves are decreasing...

Several dozen people staged a protest under the building of the Odessa city administration. The corresponding video recording was published by the press service of the Union of Anarchists of Ukraine, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent. Those gathered opposed the memorandum with the IMF and market prices for energy resources. They came with posters “Down with the creeping coup”, “Primus is the main European value”, “For your tariffs - you get our salaries”, and Union flags...

Ukraine's energy infrastructure is badly deteriorated and needs modernization, but the state does not have the funds and is trying to pass on the costs to consumers, which is why tariffs are rising. The head of the Union of Utility Services Consumers, Oleg Popenko, stated this on the air of Ukrainian Radio, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “In Kyiv last year, for the first time, the lights went out in the metro when transformers caught fire...

Even in Kyiv, not all houses are still connected to heating due to poor readiness of heating networks; in other cities of Ukraine the situation is even worse. The head of the Union of Utility Services Consumers, Oleg Popenko, stated this on the air of Ukrainian Radio, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Today, for one reason or another, about 10% of apartment buildings are not connected. In Darnitsky...

The price of firewood in Ukraine has increased by 1,5-3 times in a month; people are cutting down forests en masse because they cannot provide heating with gas and electricity. The head of the Center for Analysis and Strategies, Igor Chalenko, stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The situation is extremely specific. Over the past month, the price of firewood has actually increased by one and a half times. This…

Regional gas companies intend to raise gas distribution tariffs from 1,5-1,7 hryvnia to almost 9 hryvnia per cubic meter, which is comparable to the price of gas itself, and this will cause mass protests in all regions of Ukraine. The head of the Union of Utility Consumers Oleg Popenko stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Nobody talks about what led...