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55 degrees Celsius
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And that means about 250 rubles a month is being stolen from the apartment owner.
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Now I’m going to explain, very simply,
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the basic scheme through which officials steal billions from the residents
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of Moscow and all of Russia.
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For this, I’ll need a simple device like this,
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which is certified and can be used to measure
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water temperature.
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Few people know this, but the temperature of hot water is set
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by law—it must be no lower than 60 degrees Celsius.
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And we pay for water that is heated to exactly 60
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degrees Celsius.
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But in practice, it’s completely different.
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Utility companies do not heat
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the water enough, saving huge amounts of energy in the process and making
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excess profits.
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Together with my colleagues from the Anti-Corruption Foundation (an organization founded by Alexei Navalny),
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I took measurements in several dozen apartments in Moscow.
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And in not a single one did the water meet the required standards for the price being charged.
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To achieve justice,
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we went to court.
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There have already been several court
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hearings, and we won every one of them.
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I was able to secure a bill recalculation for my apartment and payment
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for moral damages—together, about 6,000 rubles.
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Also, as part of this project, I was able to secure a bill recalculation
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for an entire building as well—No. 112 on Prospekt Mira.
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I can share my personal experience. In the apartment where I live with my family,
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I measured the temperature myself with this thing, and it turned out that the hot water was
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49 degrees Celsius instead of the required 60. And Nikolai and his team
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filed a lawsuit on my behalf.
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They got my bill recalculated. I’ll get back the money for several months
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that I paid for hot water. More than that, they even won compensation for moral damages for me.
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And I will receive 1,500 rubles.
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This mafia-style scheme to rob Muscovites involves not only
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utility companies like MOEK (Moscow United Energy Company), but also the government
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of Moscow, which covers up what is happening.
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Despite the fact that we are winning in court, officials refuse
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to solve the problem systematically.
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To solve this problem, people need
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officials and deputies who truly represent them.
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That is why I am now running for the State Duma (the lower house of Russia’s parliament)
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—I want to force them to recalculate the bills and return the stolen
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money to all Muscovites.
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And utility providers should either deliver us high-quality
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services or lower the rates.
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This is exactly what I am running on, and I ask for your support.
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On September 18, vote for me in the State Duma elections,
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and I will be able to do more.