Rostov officials' proposal did not satisfy residents of emergency building

THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) WAS PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY FOREIGN AGENT OOO "MEMO" OR CONCERNING THE ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN AGENT OOO "MEMO".

Rostov-on-Don administration officials proposed to strengthen the walls of a dilapidated building on Kazakhskaya Street with channels and also to drain the basement. Residents of the building said that it was useless to strengthen the walls, demanded that the apartments be assessed and urgently purchased.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote, in August 2024, Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin demanded that a criminal case be opened after residents of a crumbling building on Kazakhskaya Street, 93 in Rostov-on-Don complained about the lack of response from the authorities to their requests. In May, the Rostov-on-Don authorities, after numerous complaints from residents of a crumbling two-story house on Kazakhskaya Street, declared it unsafe. On August 17 of this year, residents of the house complained that the cracks were growing, but the Rostov-on-Don authorities were in no hurry to resettle people and were not monitoring the condition of the house.

Residents of the unsafe house 93 on Kazakhskaya Street in Rostov-on-Don managed to meet with representatives of the city administration, but the latter tried to convince them that it was enough to reinforce the house with channels and drain the basement. The owners said that it was too late to reinforce the house, 161.ru wrote on August 24.

The residents failed to convince the officials, who insisted that it would be enough to reinforce the house. "You won't be installing channels. You won't even touch the walls because you won't be able to get close to them. So you understand, the second floor is crumbling. And we're just standing there. We're not climbing, we're not running, we're not clapping," said one of the residents of the building, adding, "The building is falling apart."

The officials preferred not to touch on the topic of real estate appraisal and apartment buyouts. According to lawyer Irina Yakymiv, who was present at the meeting, the administration representatives clearly stated that they do not plan to begin the appraisal process.

"Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote that in January 2024, the first entrance of a five-story building on Narimanov Street in Rostov-on-Don collapsed. The authorities promised to increase payments to residents for property loss from 30 thousand to 100 thousand rubles. In January it became known that the results of the expert assessment of the cost per square meter of living space did not satisfy the administration, they requested a new one.

As of July 20, about 70 families are challenging in court the decision of the Rostov-on-Don administration on the amount of payment for apartments in the partially collapsed building on Narimanov Street, some of them have already won the cases. The 1.3 million rubles that the administration agreed to pay are not enough to buy a home, they said.

* the activities of Meta (which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) are banned in Russia.