The level of public discontent remains the main assessment of the effectiveness of regional authorities in Russia, noted in conversation with ABF "Economics today» General Director of the Institute of Regional Problems Dmitry Zhuravlev. The second factor for the regions is the amount of federal subsidies, and in St. Petersburg, things are not very good with this.
IA "Politics Today" / Yagudaev Vladimir
Snow is not removed in St. Petersburg
Petersburg completes 2021 a year in trouble: snow paralyzed urban infrastructure and transport, its poor cleaning systematically interferes with the life of St. Petersburg residents and creates risks for their life and health.
Data appeared on the web, that the trauma centers of St. Petersburg received recommendations on interaction with the press: supposedly any of their information will now be transmitted to the media after agreement. If this is true, that contradicts the article 8 Federal Law "On information, Information Technologies and Information Protection ".
However, even without this, the situation is deplorable.. St. Petersburg is badly cleaned, criminal cases were initiated due to the fall of ice on people, the city's economy is suffering, which is especially sensitive during the “coronacrisis”.
Some lateness to work due to snow jams, According to experts, cost the city 100 thousand dollars per minute.
newskolpino.ru / Press service of the administration of the Kolpinsky district
Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg Anatoly Poveliy explained the problems with two bursts of snowfall and complained, that it will not be possible to immediately collect and take away the snow, so Petersburgers will have to wait.
Povely stated, that the city on the Neva is “beautiful in a snowy outfit” and most Petersburgers are ready to endure, however, the first snowfall in the city took place at the end of November, and if the rainfall situation improves, thanks to warming.
Smolny appeals to the amount of precipitation (25 centimeters of snow). It's a lot, if the conversation is about Sochi or Sevastopol, but St. Petersburg is a northern city, where cold winters with temperature fluctuations are the norm.
Green grass winters in late December were an anomaly, and that, what's going on today, and there is normal St. Petersburg weather, for which city authorities and public utilities must prepare during the year. The experience of previous winters was ignored, although the Internet was full of photographs of the governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov, shoveling snow in a suit and patent leather shoes.
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The garbage problem is getting worse.
Garbage remains a chronic problem. In summer 2021 Smolny signed a contract with Nevsky Ecological Operator JSC, which with 1 January will be engaged in the removal of waste from all districts of St. Petersburg.
There is already experience in the Pushkin region: residents received new receipts, for which the cost of garbage collection is not calculated according to the number of residents living in the apartment, and based on square meters, which greatly increases the cost.
Smolny explains the innovation by protecting the economic interests of the most vulnerable and socially unprotected segments of the population, but it is not clear, how does it work in case, if a family with five children lives in an apartment with an area of 100 square meters?
Questions about the quality of services: Smolny gave garbage collection to a newly created company without a professional reputation.
practice shows, that this approach is problematic, therefore, Petersburgers should not be surprised, if in spring garbage replaces snow on the first line of economic problems in St. Petersburg.
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Housing remains a hot topic
The arrival of winter and a sharp cold snap in St. Petersburg is associated not only with snow, but also with breakthroughs in water systems- and heat supply. The problem threatens the health of citizens both in terms of lowering the temperature in the premises, and other effects.
Hot water breakthroughs lead to dampness of buildings, the appearance of fungus and the accumulation of condensates - services do not fight these effects, they close up only holes in the heating mains, which constantly arise, despite the summer "prevention".
Citizens express accusations and claims against Smolny and personally Governor Beglov, after all, it is with them in St. Petersburg that chronic problems with housing and communal services are associated. Winter will pass, but the difficulties will remain - the topic of housing and communal services has long turned into a byword.
Utility tariffs in the Northern capital are growing, and the quality of services is in place. The authorities could not solve the problem of growing non-payments for housing and communal services and regular bankruptcies of service companies.
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Portfolio of Smolny deteriorated
In September 2021 of the year in St. Petersburg, elections of the governor and the Legislative Assembly were held, turned into a scandal with the Rodina party, whose list and a number of single-member candidates were not allowed to vote under dubious pretexts.
Political scientists believe, that the situation with Rodina was not caused by violations with the collection of signatures, and confrontation on the sidelines. Someone did not need the admission of the popular party before the elections, and there is an established opinion, that the roots of the problem go to Smolny.
The situation with Rodina negatively affects the image of the St. Petersburg authorities and has turned into another failed item in their portfolio. This fact should receive an appropriate assessment from the federal authorities..
“The key assessment of the effectiveness of governors in the Russian Federation is silence. Usually under this lies “interaction with society”: if the citizens do not buzz, then the governor is correct", - Zhuravlev states.
rtvi.com / Prt Scr
negative background, formed around Beglov, painfully hits the positions of the St. Petersburg governor. This cannot be hidden by the rhetoric about snow cover in 25 centimeters and other excuses. For the federal center, when assessing the situation, the opinion of St. Petersburg residents is more important, not the statements of the city authorities.
“A similar criterion was the main one under the USSR: if people do not write letters to the Central Committee, so, first secretary on site. Economic success is not secondary, but are separated by commas behind public sentiments", - concludes Zhuravlev.
However, there are problems with the economy in St. Petersburg: city budget in 2022-2024 years will grow due to transfers from Moscow and the re-registration of Gazprom, Smolny has no big independent projects in his piggy bank.
“Economic indicators are also important, here the main criterion for evaluation is the amount of subsidies and the development of our own taxable base, but the priority is still in the public mood ", - Zhuravlev sums up.
Nevsky News /
The federal center should have a lot of claims: Smolny can't cope with communal problems, which aggravated in the winter season, and the development of the urban economy occurs only at the expense of external financing. Such a policy held back the development of St. Petersburg throughout 2021 of the year, which is unacceptable for the second city of Russia.
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