MeMyselfAndI
Aug 20th 2011, 06:34 PM
At Nizhny Novgorod officials are suing 5-month old twins
They are demanding, that the little ones be evicted from an apartment in the center of the city.
Ksenia PATRUSHEVA (http://kp.ru/daily/column/3552/) — 19.05.2011
The very old, crumbling two-floor ruin on Studenaya street, which is hard to even call a building anymore, has been assigned for demolition. For several years, local officials worked to relocate its residents, some by voluntary agreement, others - through the court. It seemed like they had managed to move out almost all.
But now that the deadline for demolition is approaching, in an empty building, considered to no longer be safe to inhabit, suddenly, they find an apartment has been written off to two children of breastfeeding age. The officials could not believe their eyes: twins Vladimir and Nadezhda Putrishevich, who are both less than half a year old, are nonetheless fully «registered» and apparently legally reside in the communal apartment.
It was a unique case. The couple Putrishevich Путришевичей and their then five children at the end of last year were moved from the communal apartment to another part of the city, into a new apartment on Tsvetochnaya street. The Putrishevichs resisted this for a long time, becuase they thought: as a large family they deserve and need more space, then the 20 square meter room they were given.
http://kp.ru/f/4/image/84/26/412684.jpg
Nonetheless, the court decided: they must leave the old apartment. The family was un-registered from the communal apartment, but chose to stay in their old home to the end, until the demolition.
Richt after the court's decision, the mother, Vera Putrishevich, who was pregnant at the time, gave birth to twins. After she was out of the birth clinic, Vera, a simple woman, went to the passport office, to register her new children, so she could recieve free baby food at the milk kitchen. Over there, they knew nothing of the current situation with the building, and so registered the twins at the uninhabitable communal.
http://kp.ru/f/4/image/86/26/412686.jpg
Putrishvich's old home
- Later, members of the city administration sent requests to the judge, asked him to find out how this all happened, - tells head of the household Valeriy. – The judge explained, taht at the time of the verdict, there were no twins. But now - there are... And he made a truly genious decision: the twins are of breastfeeding age, meaning they feed off their mother's breast. Therefore, so as not to interfere with the feeding process, the parents should live with the babies, at the communal. So, we can stay with them, for now.
The officials then launched another lawsuit… against the 5-month old twins.
- The officials do not see anything criminal in moving a family of nine unto 20 square meters. That is, about 2 meters plus per person. We'd be sleeping on top of each other, - says Vera shaking her head, while wrapping up the twins: Nadia – in pink, Vova – in blue.
The charming babies stare wonderinly at our camera. The boy smiles widely with his toothless for now mouth. Dad is showing us the court papers, and Nadia, tries to grab the legal claim file against herself.The twins cannot possibly know, that, just after being born, they've already been pulled under the wheels of our country's grand and grotesque bureucratic system...
Under the law, this family should get 13 square meters of living space per person.
http://kp.ru/daily/25688/892595/
I did not translate the entire article, too long. But this is not a only case, many like that in this country.
The comment section is interesting... Some people are voicing their support for the Putrishevich family; while others are angry that, apparently, poor couples "breed poverty": have many children and then expect the state and other citizens to help support them...
They are demanding, that the little ones be evicted from an apartment in the center of the city.
Ksenia PATRUSHEVA (http://kp.ru/daily/column/3552/) — 19.05.2011
The very old, crumbling two-floor ruin on Studenaya street, which is hard to even call a building anymore, has been assigned for demolition. For several years, local officials worked to relocate its residents, some by voluntary agreement, others - through the court. It seemed like they had managed to move out almost all.
But now that the deadline for demolition is approaching, in an empty building, considered to no longer be safe to inhabit, suddenly, they find an apartment has been written off to two children of breastfeeding age. The officials could not believe their eyes: twins Vladimir and Nadezhda Putrishevich, who are both less than half a year old, are nonetheless fully «registered» and apparently legally reside in the communal apartment.
It was a unique case. The couple Putrishevich Путришевичей and their then five children at the end of last year were moved from the communal apartment to another part of the city, into a new apartment on Tsvetochnaya street. The Putrishevichs resisted this for a long time, becuase they thought: as a large family they deserve and need more space, then the 20 square meter room they were given.
http://kp.ru/f/4/image/84/26/412684.jpg
Nonetheless, the court decided: they must leave the old apartment. The family was un-registered from the communal apartment, but chose to stay in their old home to the end, until the demolition.
Richt after the court's decision, the mother, Vera Putrishevich, who was pregnant at the time, gave birth to twins. After she was out of the birth clinic, Vera, a simple woman, went to the passport office, to register her new children, so she could recieve free baby food at the milk kitchen. Over there, they knew nothing of the current situation with the building, and so registered the twins at the uninhabitable communal.
http://kp.ru/f/4/image/86/26/412686.jpg
Putrishvich's old home
- Later, members of the city administration sent requests to the judge, asked him to find out how this all happened, - tells head of the household Valeriy. – The judge explained, taht at the time of the verdict, there were no twins. But now - there are... And he made a truly genious decision: the twins are of breastfeeding age, meaning they feed off their mother's breast. Therefore, so as not to interfere with the feeding process, the parents should live with the babies, at the communal. So, we can stay with them, for now.
The officials then launched another lawsuit… against the 5-month old twins.
- The officials do not see anything criminal in moving a family of nine unto 20 square meters. That is, about 2 meters plus per person. We'd be sleeping on top of each other, - says Vera shaking her head, while wrapping up the twins: Nadia – in pink, Vova – in blue.
The charming babies stare wonderinly at our camera. The boy smiles widely with his toothless for now mouth. Dad is showing us the court papers, and Nadia, tries to grab the legal claim file against herself.The twins cannot possibly know, that, just after being born, they've already been pulled under the wheels of our country's grand and grotesque bureucratic system...
Under the law, this family should get 13 square meters of living space per person.
http://kp.ru/daily/25688/892595/
I did not translate the entire article, too long. But this is not a only case, many like that in this country.
The comment section is interesting... Some people are voicing their support for the Putrishevich family; while others are angry that, apparently, poor couples "breed poverty": have many children and then expect the state and other citizens to help support them...