A huge snowdrift in downtown Petersburg was graffitied with an insult to Beglov. Workers began clearing it within an hour • Yevgeny Antonov • Bumaga • January 10, 2022
A large frozen snowdrift near the Sennaya Ploshchad subway station in downtown Petersburg attracted notice this morning. An insult to the city’s governor, Alexander Beglov, who has been blamed for poor snow removal, had been written on it in black.
Bumaga asks readers to guess how soon this snow hill will be removed.
Updated after 12:00 p.m. Workers have begun clearing the snowdrift.
Updated after 12:00 p.m. An eyewitness has informed Bumaga that workers have begun removing the snowdrift. A little less than an hour has passed since we published this news, and an hour and a half since the accumulation of snow was first noticed.
According to an eyewitness, municipal services employees removed the graffito separately as trucks worked nearby. “Two trucks loaded with snow have already left Sennaya. The backhoe driver drove up, took a keepsake photo [of the offending snowdrift], and began shoveling the neighboring snowdrift,” he said.
Read more about it:
- Fate, Sauron or Navalny? Our readers on who is to blame for the poor snow removal in St. Petersburg.
- Periodicals that previously supported Beglov are now criticizing him for the uncleared snow. What’s happening?
Thanks to the Five Corners public Facebook group for the heads-up. Translated by the Russian Reader
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