Fires in Russia increase anger in the blogosphere against the authorities

The heat wave and forest fires raging in Russia for several weeks have stirred the anger of the Russian blogosphere, accusing the authorities of incompetence and corruption.

Dear power means anything! Is it really that hard to guess that he would fire after a heat wave of 40 ° C over a month, why people have to stifle and die because of your negligence? "asks" serdin4ik.

The Internet "codex" says that "in Samara (Volga) people form teams to fight against the fire themselves, failing to receive the assistance of competent bodies overwhelmed by the situation.

The number of deaths in Moscow in July was higher by about 50% the same month last year, with nearly 5,000 additional deaths attributable to the heatwave, according to the service of civil status of the Russian capital. But the government denies him for the moment when increased mortality.

"This is the logical balance of the degradation of the country in recent years. Maybe they (the authorities) were hoping that the fires would be extinguished by the mere gaze of large (Vladimir) Putin?", Russian Prime Minister omnipresent field of fire, wrote "prosto-ya" which denounces power rendered powerless by "total corruption" prevailing in the country.

"What happened to Russia? It burned," wryly blogger "ivar59", referring to a terse statement from Mr Putin spoke of the accident the submarine Kursk (118 dead 2000): "What happened with the submarine?" It sank. "

The forest fires that affect the western, central and southern Russia killed at least 52 dead.

The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations on Friday launched an appeal for volunteers to strengthen the fight against the fires raging in the federal district of central Russia, including Moscow.