
The temporarily acting governor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, could win already in the first round of the elections if they had passed this Sunday. According to Interfax, this was stated by the general director of the VTIOME VALIRIA FEDOROV.
“The last figure is 48% of all the respondents whom we interview, who has the right to vote, speak out in support of Acting Beglov. This figure is quite stable, ”said Fedorov.
According to him, “if you recount from the active part, there will be more than 50%there, and if the elections took place this Sunday, then Beglov would have won already in the first round.”
Fedorov noted that one of the important factors of such an attitude towards Beglov by potential voters, according to polls, was the activities of the acting governor to solve economic problems in the winter. “Many factors are influenced, including the weather atmosphere, snowy winter. I can say that "Beglov's shovel" came well. Beglov’s activity in solving this problem, including in such ways, found support and recognition, ”Fedorov said.
According to the Health Committee of the St. Petersburg Administration, in winter more than 4 thousand people were injured due to ice or dropping ice from roofs.
On March 15, “Echo of Moscow in St. Petersburg” published the response of the authorities to a request from the deputy of the city parliament Mikhail Amosov. It states that from December 1, 2018 to February 20, 2019, the ambulance traveled at the appeals of 4075 citizens who suffered from ice and the fall of ice from the roofs. 3734 people were sent to the hospital for treatment.
On February 5, a student of the St. Petersburg Chemical and Pharmaceutical University was killed after the collapse of ice from the roof of the university. The vice -rector of the university was detained, a matter of negligence was started against him. The case was also initiated about causing death by negligence.
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