Murmansk Cuts Heat as Winter Tightens
News from Russia: Buildings in Murmansk will lose heating and hot water overnight as crews repair faults in the city’s heating network.
The shutdown begins at 9 p.m. on October 28 and is scheduled to last until 7 a.m. the next morning, Moscow time.
The Murmansk combined heat and power plant says the interruption is needed to repair defects found in the network. Regional outlet B-Port reports that around 350 buildings are affected.
The list stretches across central parts of the Arctic city, including homes and public buildings along Lenin Avenue, Kirov Avenue and nearby streets.
Ten Hours Without Heat
For residents, the repair means a night without both space heating and hot water.
The operator says service should return by Thursday morning.
Heating charges will be adjusted for the hours without service. Hot water charges will also be reduced for apartments without individual meters. The changes are due to appear on November bills.
Murmansk is already well into the cold season. That makes even a planned interruption noticeable in apartment blocks that depend on the district heating system.
Water Cut Reaches Pechenga Military Site
A separate repair is under way farther west in Pechenga, close to the Norwegian border.
Regional water company Murmanskvodokanal says work on a cold-water pipeline will cut supplies to the local fire station and Military Compound No. 38 from 10 a.m. on October 28.
The company has not given a fixed restoration time.
Water will return when the repair is finished.
Medicine Distribution Still Not Back to Normal
At the same time, regional health authorities are still reorganising the distribution of medicines.
Health Minister Dmitry Panychev says nearly 500,000 medicine packages have been transferred from the previous commercial distributor to a public organisation.
The stock covers more than 500 products.
Officials are registering the medicines and moving them onward to dispensing points. Patients who have already run out are being prioritised.
A dispensing point at the Murmansk Regional Medical Center is due to open from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. from October 28.
Another is being prepared inside the regional oncology dispensary.
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