The head of the Northern district, Yury Kulikov, went out to clear snow in St. Petersburg. Petersburg with flamethrowers, calling for “coordination between public authorities and the people”. The corresponding video was posted on the official page of the social network VKontakte.
In the video, the politician melts snow with a flamethrower to music from the movie “Ghostbusters” and says he wants to remove all the snow and ice in the city this way, “but this is just a fantasy.”
“The coordinated work of public utilities and the participation of relevant citizens is much more important,” Yury Kulikov said in the video.
He then appeared in the video with a shovel and began clearing snow in the traditional way.
Before that, heavy snow fell in St. Petersburg. According to the City Improvement Committee, cited by the publication Fontanka, on December 19, 992 special equipment vehicles and 1,071 street sweepers cleaned the streets of St. Petersburg. At the same time, forecasters predict air temperatures will rise and predict freezing rain. In this regard, people are urged to be careful and drivers are not to interfere with harvesting equipment.