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Direct speech
Timur KEBEKOV, prosecutor of the Pskov region: “Negotiations [with the convicts who took hostages] were conducted by me because they did not want to talk to any of the colleagues of the heads of law enforcement agencies. First they made their demands. We agreed to consider them. But with one condition - they will not be given alcoholic drinks, due to the fact that they were in an extremely excited state. Also, to make sure that all the hostages were alive, I demanded that the women be taken out into the corridor. After that, I once again suggested that they voluntarily release the hostages and in this case, in accordance with the note to article 206 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “hostage-taking”, they will be released from criminal liability. However, the prisoners refused, saying that they were already sentenced to long terms of imprisonment and had nothing to lose. ... I can note that this was not a spontaneous action on the part of the prisoners, but well-organized and pre-planned actions, in which not only criminals, but also their accomplices, who were outside the penal colony, took part. Criminals live by their own specific rules and regulations, but even they have boundaries that no one should ever violate. It seems to me that the taking of defenseless women and children as hostages is a violation by criminals not only of universal norms and rules of behavior, but also of their own unwritten laws.
According to PLN , May 30.
Andrey TURCHAK, Governor of the Pskov Region: “Personal communication with Vladimir Putin made it possible to get off the ground a number of projects that are of great importance for the development of the region. First of all, it is gasification. Today, only 40% of our territory is gasified. Therefore, our appeal to Gazprom was supported, and on June 8, at a meeting with Alexei Miller, we will finally agree on a gasification program. Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Igor Levitin was instructed to make the final decision on the construction of the second stage of the ring road. Traffic through the city is growing. Given that this is our second appeal on this issue, there is reason to believe that the decision of the Ministry of Transport on this issue will not be long in coming. The third issue that we managed to discuss with the head of government is giving the territory of Moglino the status of a special economic zone at the federal level. According to the head of the region, this will allow obtaining not only regional, but also federal tax benefits. The visit allowed the city to acquire a new face and put itself in order. We have all witnessed this transformation. But I want to remind you that the landscaping began long before Putin's visit, on the eve of May 9th.
May 31, according to PAI .
Petr SLEPCHENKO, head of the administration of the city of Pskov: “As a business executive, I am ashamed that this object [Batov's House] has been disfiguring the historical appearance of the city for many years. It is unpleasant to show a historical building in this form to guests, so we decided to close it. The further fate of Batov's house is in the hands of the owner - the Federal Property Management Agency. But if it were owned by the municipality, we would restore it and put it in order. ... I declare with all responsibility that all the yards that we showed Putin will be landscaped to the end in the very near future, and such work is already underway - the schedule is scheduled until the beginning of June. In addition, in the first month of summer, we will begin a comprehensive improvement of several more yards in the city. During a visit to the courtyard on Kommunalnaya Street, Vladimir Putin and Minister of Regional Development Viktor Basargin discussed the parameters of the program. Until the program changes. But a decision was made this year to additionally carry out a comprehensive improvement of two more yards - we have already discussed this issue with Governor Andrey Turchak.”
May 26, according to PAI .
Alexander VASILIEV, one of the organizers of the online community "Dead Roads of Pskov": “Our automobile club has its own idea of the development of events, its own proposals, but in order to implement them, to achieve results, we need a representative in power - the regional Assembly, coordinating, public councils. You need to gain weight and strength. From this point of view, the idea of creating a popular front is interesting.”
According to PLN , May 25.