Exploding pipes left hundreds of thousands of Russians freezing and angry. It’s an unwelcome headache for the reelection campaign of President Vladimir Putin, who is less worried about winning than he is about getting a credible mandate from an electorate already anxious about the Ukraine invasion.
More than 100 houses and public buildings were left without heating in Novosibirsk, Siberia. Authorities are rushing to mend the dated pipe that caused the chaos amid subzero temperatures.
Tens of thousands of people in Russia are affected by a lack of heating, water or electricity, according to Russian media reports, after frost and outdated pipes are causing outages in many cities amidst below freezing temperatures. A main district heating pipe in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk busted on Thursday, the local media outlet Siberian Express reported. Hot water and heating failed in more than 100 homes and 12 other buildings, while the hot water from the district heating pipe poure
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