Dmitry Gudkov: “The house burned down? Here’s 12 thousand, rejoice!”

“A young family, two children (one is 7 years old, the other is 1.5 years old) decided to develop domestic agriculture; with maternal capital they bought a house near Barnaul and some cattle. But one day there was a power surge, as a result the house, car, and almost all their property burned down. The children themselves barely escaped. They decided to build a new house, but for now the neighbors allowed them to stay until May. It would seem that the authorities in a social state should do in such cases? Right, they should take care of everything for the person. The energy company took over, because it was their fault that the house burned down. But the strange thing is that the energy workers don’t want to hear anything, the local authorities also believe that Olga and her husband are not obligated to do anything from the social service - 12 thousand rubles. This is the maximum, they were told. Rejoice! Yes, even for my eldest son, a first-grader, the social service allocated 4 rubles 10 kopecks for food every day.”