The flood as a symptom of the transformation of the state into a group of persons exercising power Airphating of a flooded residential area on the outskirts of Orenburg, Orenburg Region, Russia, April 11, 2024. Photo: Stringer / EPA-EFE The Orsk was flooded, Orenburg is drowning. Why, they ask, Putin did not come? Why the state does not help, but is finished with completely mocking handouts. And why, I will ask in response, he should come, why should the state help? What, in fact, happened?