Orsk, Refineries, and Conscription

So this weekend, the dam at Orsk collapsed. It’s a major disaster. The kind that we all would have our major media on if it was anywhere but Russia. The scenes are familiar to any disaster worker who has ever worked in a significant flood.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations, which thinks a federalized fire department and rescue service is folded into one, has a few issues. Some may be related to the mobilization of emergency services personnel.

For some, it’s simply the fact that wars cost a lot of money. So here is the series of complaints:

🌊“People all have ass here” ©😬

👉 Orsk is going under water due to “negligence.” And while, because of this “negligence,” Russia is sinking, burning, or being attacked by ISIS, Putin continues to fight imaginary “Nazis” in Ukraine, spending gigantic financial and human resources on this — those resources that could save the lives of Russians and generally make life in the country better.

👉Dams in Orsk (Orenburg region) broke through in several places at once. The Investigative Committee has already opened a criminal case under the articles “violation of security” and…