The Belgorod governor forbade officials from explaining their inaction by lack of money
The governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, threatened the mayor of Stary Oskol, Andrei Chesnokov, with dismissal. The reason was Chesnokov’s response to a local resident. In it, he explained that the problem with the lack of roads and utility networks in the city has not yet been solved, because no funds have been allocated for this from the regional budget. “If anyone else answers like that, you will lose my trust, and this will be the last day of work.