On tariffs, local governments and the usurpation of power

  Putin outraged increase utility rates by 225 percent02/25/2013
Manifold increase in utility tariffs in some regions of Russia angered Russian President Vladimir Putin. Maximum growth rates for these services amounted to 225%, turned out at the meeting with the President on utility rates. The top gainers were Altai and the Murmansk region. Putin demanded that the head of the Regional Development Ministry to explain to people what caused a rise in prices.As informs "Interfax", the head of state at the meeting demonstrated the payment order, noting that in some areas of St. Petersburg rent from the beginning of the year increased by 40%."Go and tell people why they are in December, in November, they had to pay that kind of money, and in January, February - such a leap. And it is in St. Petersburg, in some areas. Murmansk And you say in some municipalities in the more than 200 percent. Are you crazy or what? " - Could not resist the diplomatic part of the president.

"In practice, the relationship between the regulation of tariffs and actual payment of citizens does not exist" - immediately explained the president head of the Regional Development Ministry, Igor Slyunyaev."Listen to what I tell you? - Protested Putin. - Citizens is not interested. If there is, there must be, I mean. Necessary to build a system of payments, which is not to beat people over the head like an ax. You can in fact build a technologically so that people will pay a certain stable value during the year, and when the heating season begins, it can grow, but grow slightly. And people need to understand what it is about, and to be ready for this. "Vladimir Putin also demanded to deal with the fact that in some municipalities in mandatory payments for heating included obschedomovyh space, which "did not even heated by anyone."The President ordered the Ministry of Regional Development and the Federal Tariff Service to expedite the decision to adjust the September last year, the Government Decree, which governs civil charges for utility services.Head of the Federal Tariff Service Sergei Novikov said that "in any case, the key plot is normal, comfortable operation of the system of social support - targeted social subsidies." To date, the subsidy, which receives specific citizen, is based not on the amount of the specific charges, which he has to pay, and on a certain average, said Novikov."And very often it turns out that the amount of subsidy is not sufficient to cover those costs that citizen is a utility, because he lives in the worst conditions, he had big bills," - said the head of the FTS.Vladimir Putin instructed the government to identify economically viable and socially equitable growth in the size of payments for utility services. While the national average for the year, this growth should not exceed 6 percent. Order must be made within a week.-------------------------------------------------- --------------CommentAnd then people are outraged!!!! Just no words! And Slyunyaev correctly says that between requests of officials and crooks, which is almost the same in today's Russia, and the income of citizens no real connection there. Careerists and temporary workers, to get to the control levers in a hurry to carry off as much as possible and do not care about the state, the problems of citizens and all what is said at a high level over the morality and ethics. If ministers and deputies of the State Duma considers morally right and take kickbacks, trade posts and mandates, who will be more of a clerk to comply with any rules and regulations, if he has a dream and the desire to get rich, to be like pillars of society liberal reformers Chubais Abramovich, Gref or even an oligarch or bureaucrat with greedy hands. And what rules and regulations for governments raising tariffs for gas and electricity??
 That's what I thinkIndignant and surprised is another, namely the fact that the people who "get" the Liberals so long-awaited freedom, took off his pants, but himself and whipped, enormously increasing rents. In fact, the need to resent the widespread sorts of crooks usurpation and a violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, which flatly denied self-government. The president, as the guarantor of the Constitution shall initiate criminal charges for the seizure of power in the Russian cities representatives Mafia. If that is the guarantor of the Constitution does not, it means the usurpation of power occurs with his consent and command.