
The mayor of the victim in the summer from the flood of the city of Tulun in the Irkutsk region, Yuri Karich, crashed into a car into a truck standing on the side of the road. The wife of the official died, he himself received a bruise of the chest and at first refused hospitalization, but his children insisted on this. According to the TASS source in the regional authorities, Karich is not in serious condition.
The accident occurred in the Cheremkhovsky district. Karich lost control. The media wrote that the mayor of Tulun was taken to the hospital with a suspicion of a heart attack, but the head of the city of Cheremkhovo Vadim Semenov said that this was not confirmed. "The condition is normal, he is in the hospital, a full examination was carried out," said Semenov. According to Karikh, he feels normally.
52-year-old Yuri Karikh has been led by Tulun since 2010. In the September election, he retained the post, gaining 43% of votes.
In the summer, two waves of floods were held in the Irkutsk region, the greatest destruction was noted in the Tulun. In total, the element claimed 26 people in the region, four are missing missing. In the first wave in 109 settlements 10.9 thousand houses were flooded, in which 42.7 thousand people lived. In the second wave in 58 settlements, 1.9 thousand houses with a population of 5.4 thousand people flooded.
In early November, the head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bastrykin, requested information in connection with reports on non -ordering the assistance to the victims of the flood in the Tulun. Residents of the city complained that they did not pay the initial payment of 10 thousand rubles. Also, local officials did not resolve the issue of providing premises suitable for living, as a result of which many victims will have to spend the winter in the houses damp through.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vitaliy Mutko, who heads the Government Commission for the elimination of the consequences of floods in the Irkutsk region, criticized the work of the region’s authorities for red tape with the consideration of residents' appeals. He urged to stop sending documents from instance to the instance, which now resembles a "carousel". Mutko also drew attention to the negative stories of the media from the region, primarily from the Tulun.
According to ONF, 90% of the surveyed victims announced problems with the payment of compensation. Almost 70% said that they still do not know where to get help, restore documents and get advice.