In Russia, the authorities were going to rename the Volgograd to Stalingrad: residents against - Roszma

According to Russian journalists, up to 72% of residents do not want to change the name of their city. In order to ensure the consent of the people, the regional thought decided to hold a "referendum" among the inhabitants of the region, whose population is 2. 5 times exceeds the number of residents of the city. The authorities of the Volgograd region of Russia proposed the idea of ​​renaming the city of Volgograd to Stalingrad, despite the resistance of its inhabitants.

According to the Russian edition of Kommersant, local officials have begun to implement a "cunning" plan, although the final decision has not yet been made. Thus, the governor of the Volgograd region Andriy Bocharov has been promoting the name of the city for over a year, and now it has become feasible.

The Regional Duma has amended the Law on the Administrative-Territorial System concerning the renaming process through a regional referendum in order to "return to individual settlements of names, widely known in the past and present. " Regional speaker Alexander Bloshkin is considered to be the main supporter of renaming, but most of the townspeople spoke against this idea. According to the publication, from 66% to 72% of residents do not want to rename Volgograd to Stalingrad.

To bypass this problem, it was proposed to hold a "referendum" throughout the region, the population of which is 2. 5 times exceeding the number of residents of Volgograd. Experts believe that involving the entire population of the region in the question of renaming will help to provide the desired result. "They are counting on the activation of indifferent voters in the cities of the region.

While residents of Volgograd usually show less interest in such measures," - explains political scientist Alexander Saigin. However, the expert warns of a possible answer in the form of "protective mobilization" of citizens who are actively campaigning and ready to control the counting of votes. "Officials may face the resistance from the inhabitants, which will create a kind of 'Stalingrad's battle for them,' - emphasizes the expert.

At the same time, the deputy chairman of the regional Duma Dmitry Kalashnikov noted that such an approach is valid in view of the fact that many residents of the region work or work or work Studied in Volgograd. We will remind that on October 10 it was reported that residents of Chervonograd of Lviv region failed to vote for renaming the city because the majority of those present at the public discussion opposed.