Why aren't the alert systems that cost almost a quarter of a billion rubles working?

      On this matter, with a sense of probable self-importance for fulfilling the Kremlin directive, the Government of the Kirov Region reported on April 22, 2025 (the 13th item on the agenda). The head of the Department for Population Protection (under the governor), Igor Prokoshev, reported on the progress of the state program "Ensuring the Safety of the Population and Territories of the Region in Peaceful and Wartime" and its "regional version." He stated that centralized management and stable functioning had been provided for 35 local warning systems (out of the 45 required). Additionally, as Igor Yuryevich mentioned, since 2021, the reconstruction of warning systems has been underway, which are currently in a state of "limited readiness." However, by the end of last year, as promised by the official, 100% operability of the equipment was guaranteed. The meeting ceased to be monotonously sleepy when the "unrestrained deputy Bikalyuk" intervened, asking what had actually been done with that money: "They pulled wires, installed speakers?" And it is hardly possible to consider the response "constructive." Since the remark "the project is being implemented," which "has passed state expertise" - does not at all mean that the warning system, costing 227 million, is "ready for operation." Moreover, not a single city resident has heard even the sounds of its test run in over four years of the special military operation. This includes after the missile attack that occurred on July 24. And the continuation of the response to the deputy: "This is a triple warning system - not everything can be said... State secrets... C'est la vie," today does not come across as "a playful empty response from an official." Rather, it resembles a requiem for those whose existence was concluded with the common French phrase "such is life." Although "telle est la mort" - "such is death" would be more fitting, generously reaping with a scythe not only in the factory's workshop but likely also claiming those who were outside nearby. "I understand that today one cannot speak the truth, that people were made to sign non-disclosure agreements about the real scale of the tragedy... Although in our small town, where every tenth or twentieth person is somehow connected to the horror of that day and its consequences, knowledge is shared with families, close ones, or friends... And this is not about angry posts under the 'soothing oil in the ears' of citizens, who hoped that the wail of sirens would warn them in advance of an aerial attack, but the words of those who work with the deceased and the wounded," shared an opinion from a contact in "government circles." The contact explained where he drew his information: "Dozens of people will tell you how many coffins the funeral home 'Ritual Group' has already prepared, and how many it is likely to sell. In the morgue on Moskovskaya, they will not particularly hide that the deceased were taken to Tikhaya to free up space for the dead. Obliged to remain silent, medics from 'Trauma' and 'Northern Hospital' - they hardly have much to say, as such overcrowding with patients, obviously, with the wounded, was not even seen during the most terrible COVID times." By the way, as workers from the 'Mayak' factory reported, they were informed of the threat of a missile attack by phone from 5:30 to 6:00, immediately notifying that "we are not working." And these messages, one can assume, have no relation to the 227 million rubles that were spent back in 2024 on creating a unified warning system. If one looks at the government report on "security measures," it is evident that there is a protocol record of the need for a financial audit of expenditures on "population protection." However, since the KSP report has not been heard in the following year and a half, today the necessity for a "revision" is unlikely to be challenged by anyone.