Krasnodar residents protest over power and water crisis

Residents of Krasnodar, Russia, have had enough. As they say, they have been without light and water for over a day. Driven to the brink, they took to the streets and started protesting. And the Russian authorities did what they do best: they began arresting and brutally interrogating the protesters.

According to the Nexta profile on the X platform, at least two people from the protesters have been detained. One thing is certain - the residents of Krasnodar are desperate, to the extent that they have started blocking streets in the city. In some areas of Krasnodar, there is neither electricity nor water. Meanwhile, the temperature outside is reaching 39°C.

Residents hope that protesting in the streets will draw the attention of local and possibly even federal authorities. It started with power outages. Initially, it was once a week, then three times.

Now, power is out for up to 12-15 hours daily. This is happening in buildings with as many as 540 flats.

Power plant workers are reportedly ignoring residents' calls. Some who managed to contact them had to wait for power generators, which could not meet the energy demand.

The mayor of Krasnodar, Yevgeny Naumov, met with the protesters. He delivered a very populist speech, which did little to help.

I won't leave here until we restore power supply. Now we will sit down for talks with the electric company. If you want, you can chain me to a power pole - the mayor said, quoted by newsonlineread.com.

He also added that problems at the Rostov nuclear power plant cause power outages. He urged the protesters to get off the roads and allow drivers to function normally. He promised residents that local services would soon bring drinking water to their homes.

Krasnodar is not the only region that has felt the lack of power. For the same reason, residents of the Rostov region, as well as Dagestan and Crimea, have recently suffered.