INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
authorities in the Irkutsk region were also instructed to ensure the availability of additional fuel reserves and backup power
many as 30,000 residents of the capital Ulan-Ude and its suburbs without electricity, the independent news outlet Govorit NeMoskva
forced to switch to electric heating due to the rising cost of firewood and other fuels.The Siberian republic, which is frequently ranked
among the poorest regions of Russia, would require at least 17 billion rubles ($178 million) to upgrade its existing energy infrastructure,
according to Govorit NeMoskva
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