Collapsing dikes and dams: Are Russian authorities responsible? | DW News

Floods have forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate border parts of southern Russia and Kazakhstan. Melting snow has seen water levels along the Ural River surge, collapsing dikes and dams. A rescue operation is underway, but locals say not enough was done to prevent the flooding.
The expanding flood poses a threat to the capital of the Orenburg region, home to over half a million people. Devastated local residents anticipate support from Moscow.
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[@bobgnarley1]

When you blow the budget attacking your neighbour rather than maintaining your critical infrastructure. No sympathy here.

[@meso8848]

wrong!.... who are attacking their neighbour? you are confused

[@snap9501]

Почему вы в авторитарном режиме всех берете под одну гребёнку?

[@d.diggler9936]

@@meso8848you don’t get out much, do you??

[@meso8848]

@@d.diggler9936 get out much? What do you mean?

[@d.diggler9936]

@@meso8848 I just thought maybe you have been locked in your basement or incarcerated for the last few years. Maybe you didn’t hear about the war somehow.

[@tallguy6055]

It's the return to the era of the Soviet Union that Putin wanted.

[@joeferreti9442]

and that what the russian citizens got

[@nataliaakulenko2865]

Absolutely

[@dubsar]

Russian traditional way of dealing with disasters: nominate a comission for "investigation", blame someone, not fix the problem.

[@nedludd7622]

Oh, just the same as in the US.

[@rayorte3134]

I wonder who started it first the blame game And yes spot on

[@leet3207]

In the west it gets blamed on climate change.

[@chrisrichards2350]

Just like America does and blames the previous administration.

[@ridgemondhigh4891]

@@nedludd7622 Excellent corroboration. Enjoy the surf.

[@Kodakcompactdisc]

Putler will try and blame Ukraine for this.

[@JeromeLee-wf8ws]

What does Ukraine have to do with it?!! 😡

[@Vaginaninja]

No. Wrong

[@pragueexpat5106]

@@JeromeLee-wf8ws Putler will still find some kind of a "proof" :D

[@NewsCurrentsCanada]

Triggered much?

[@scottbarker9058]

western nations!!!!!...............HILLARIOUS!!!!!

[@scorpiusdrall9644]

Puttin : what ? this its not a flooding . its a special irrigation operation. 😂😂

[@iwade4]

Das waren die Ukrainischen Bibern 😂😅😂😂 Slava Ukraini ❤️🇺🇦❤️

[@ArchibaldMachariaNdungu]

​@@iwade4 🦦🦦🦦

[@MrDogonjon]

Rodent control?

[@eddapultstab2078]

That meme doesn't get old

[@yankeehunter4726]

@@iwade4 Russophobische Ukraine-Bots werden trotzdem verlieren. Slava Rossii Z

[@sharptooth117]

Maybe Ruzzia should have spent money on infrastructure maintenance instead of a disastrous war on a neighbor.

[@taina777parfum]

Вы просто невероятно глупы)))) Всё в кучу смешали" и наводнение ,и Украину. Причём, каждый комментарий одно и тоже.

[@user-mn8re8jp7v]

@@taina777parfumAnd every comment from you, as USUAL, is lucking empathy to others!… 😢Typical Russians!…😢

[@ElTIBURON826]

@@taina777parfum ebat puCCNR

[@brianmatsika8628]

China is flooding, Dubai is flooding, ice caps are melting so it’s a wider climate crisis

[@user-kd3rw4rh6p]

Ha ha ha. Russia spent more money on its infrastructure in the last 10 years than Europe. Just look how they modernized their 30 biggest cities during that time.

[@atikameg73]

Seems like it is Russian culture to rage against the "administration", but to never blame the leader.

[@konfunable]

Great leader is omnipotent unfalable godly being. He can't be wrong!

[@gardenjoy5223]

It's never said, but probably meant that way a lot.

[@user-vx5vo3gs2w]

"Tzar is good, his mimisters are bad" is centuries-old russian mantra. Though it may look silly beyond any limits, they really believe in it, and Kremlin uses clever PR to redirect anger from the "leader".

[@daniellegustafson3381]

Speaking against the Kremlin in Russia doesn't get good attention, if you can believe it. Banned if not worse

[@AleksandarBosakov]

"Царь хороший, бояре плохие" - russian classic.

[@edbern7387]

Putin to his citizens who are flooded....join the army and see the world...

[@jacobtodd1622]

LOL!!!!

[@martinwinther6013]

more like join the navy..

[@georgehnd]

They choose instead to invest money in the special military operation

[@simonbrown7455]

It's 101 of how to become a super power. You can't become a super power without neglecting your own people.

[@mikafiltenborg7572]

.... A 3 days speciale millitary operation 😂

[@Kodakcompactdisc]

@@simonbrown7455 superpower 😂

[@dx-ek4vr]

Not just any special military operation, a "very special" military operation

[@ax.f-1256]

Because it's cheaper to steal a new Russia... Easy. The original 🇷🇺 that they have at home is falling apart, so its time for 🇷🇺 to steal a "new russia" somewhere else that is still working after they have ruined their first one... - the gremlin in the Kremlin, probably

[@demigeek]

Probably blame it on Ukraine. And a western weather machine.

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

nono, rodents! for real😂

[@iwade4]

Das waren die Ukrainischen Biber😂😅😂😅 Slava Ukraini ❤️🇺🇦❤️

[@StormyDog]

It was a single bio-engineered Ukrainian mouse.

[@backfischritter]

They will offer the newly homeless man a "new home" on the frontline.

[@Memovox]

Are you typing this from your cardboard box under a bridge somewhere in the United Shat-oles of America..?

[@Checobeep]

@@Memovox Invest in aqualung, Ivan.

[@Memovox]

@@Checobeep I don't take investment advice from you, Cletus.

[@bck481]

​@@MemovoxHahaha, you seem angry, might that be because Russia is falling apart 🤣 😆

[@jarigustafsson7620]

Da, tavarish

[@zombiefactory5090]

Putin's cheapest resource is the lives of his fellow citizens, his most precious ego is personal well-being, his palaces, his yachts, his mistresses

[@user-vx5vo3gs2w]

Tzarism is the name for this. (And people like it ☝️).

[@user-op4ft4yh5f]

Australia ❤ people support lot 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 🤲🏻🤲🏻🤲🏻 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 GODDESS BLESS 🛐 ✝️ like

[@MrDosonhai]

Russia being Russia since forever. Their leaders absolutely don't care one bit about their people. At least in the West, especially in Europe, you have nice social programs.

[@logiclust]

“Hey, more conscripts” - vlad

[@redsable6119]

Absolutely no one is surprised...

[@MrDogonjon]

but.... it was mice.

[@ts4366]

And no one cares

[@lupolinar]

"Everything is fine, nothing to see here." Russian officials, probably.

[@MrDogonjon]

"JUST MICE"

[@vaiciciaku]

everything goes according to plan, obviously

[@JMK948]

Zelensky awards medals to his troops on the frontline even when shells were falling all around him. Putin could not come out to comfort his people during a massive flood. Gee, I wonder why.

[@1LERS1]

@@nuke_Godjira Yeah, a 15 rubles told you that?

[@regu6582]

@@1LERS1 More likely their 1/4 liter vodka stipend.

[@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304]

Apparently that's because Putin doesn't like to be seen to be associated with failure. Bit late for that tho tbh

[@williamstidham7704]

Give credit where credit is due… Putin has sent one of his body doubles down to the “frontline” (aka Rostov on Don) a few times to greet the soldiers.

[@viper_fan]

White Blue White

[@BIGMACBURGER]

SPECIAL FLOODING OPERATION

[@sergeybebenin]

Mice are responsible. They are working for Ukraine and are currently on the move to the Ukraine border to enter the "window"

[@MarincaGheorghe]

😂

[@MarincaGheorghe]

Forcing the window, those little bastards !

[@JohnDoe-pk2hs]

If it started snowing in Siberia you would blame them for that too.

[@gerryhouska2859]

The mice were found to have western chips implanted in their tiny brains!

[@ricciandreicabigonsparber6731]

Putin: don't worry folks it's "special water IRRIGATION 😂

[@Amradar123]

Putin can now visit them on his Superyacht and wave down to his drowning voters.

[@user-xt5yz8wm7z]

Western troll 🤣

[@dennisconstantine624]

You can guarantee none of Putin gold filled mansions get flooded.

[@user-mn8re8jp7v]

@@user-xt5yz8wm7zRussian aggressor!

[@user-xt5yz8wm7z]

@@user-mn8re8jp7v this is about you bot? I agree with that.🤣

[@friedrichjunzt]

They will love him and drown still waving up.

[@ROYNelson-zj8sv]

What goes around comes around

[@oscare.quiros6349]

Karma at its best.

[@redsable6119]

Hate the government not the people...

[@sergeybebenin]

Hundreds of thousands of people are occupying Ukraine and millions supporting them. It's not the government, it's the people.

[@kokalava4373]

@@redsable6119 I hate the People

[@jrlad7271]

@@sergeybebenin It's the government with half the people, while the other half cower and do nothing. Just like in WWII Germany.

[@mistressfreezepeach]

@@sergeybebenin the people have the right to defend themselves against western funded tyranny

[@nitawynn9538]

And this is the leader that is admired by some of my fellow Americans. Pathetic.

[@thegoldensnitch6312]

Why anyone would admire a Politician is beyond me. There all a bunch of self serving crooks

[@Arjay.M88]

It's crazy I hear this so often, my circle is small; but yet I have literally never heard anyone or met anyone that admires Putin.

[@Marc_Gagne]

O.J. Simpson has just died.

[@Rook137]

@@Arjay.M88Trump said he was a genius, said Putin is a good man

[@Tavic1]

Yeah, blame a dam of breaking on "the leader" hahahah

[@heinrichkleist3473]

Couldn't happen to a more well-deserving country. Zero sympathy for this cesspool.

[@yidiandianpang]

It's still ok to have sympathy for Kazakhstan.

[@trentonpower1823]

Ah a fellow man of taste

[@Peter-or7wl]

A dam is not a pile of mud without any concrete greetings from the netherlands😂😂😂😂

[@redsable6119]

In Russia they are.

[@Blodhelm]

@@redsable6119 In Russia, water dams you.

[@peterlarkin762]

Dam right.

[@raisonneur682]

Still your dams in Holland are as vulnerable as the Kerch Bridge... 😜

[@hornantuutti5157]

Oi they called priests to pray god to stop the flooding. What else could they do.. Rofl.

[@jakw2020]

What a strong and caring leader this Poutine… not even a word for his population in days…. what do they need to finally realize how little he cares about them

[@Franchesko653]

That's not kaputin responsibility, that is always the corruption of the regional administration. Wait one week and wladi the big Tsar of ruSSia is coming and say this was this shity governer of the region, "what are you doing man" 😅 And then the citizens of ruSSkie empire are light candles bevor the portrait of they Tsar and pray for him😂

[@user-op4ft4yh5f]

Australia ❤ people support lot 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 🤲🏻🤲🏻🤲🏻 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 🛐 ✝️ GODDESS BLESS like TRUE

[@ax.f-1256]

I mean when the Kursk sunk, he didn't care at all about his country men. So why should he change his mind now ??

[@Marc_Gagne]

They'll know who NOT to vote for in 2030.

[@ax.f-1256]

@@Marc_Gagne yeah. The opposition. Putin will receive 100% of the votes in 2030, just like comrade Stalin did... Wonna bet ??

[@johnmahoney9354]

No casualties have been "reported." One of my primary expectations of this disaster, No true response...

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

Amateur hour in the USSR, they all knew the water would be coming, they all knew you have to maintain dams, and check them for damages every autumn and spring... Rodents, trees etc... the condition of the grass on the dam etc.. All known...this is beyond stupid..

[@Kodakcompactdisc]

Corruption

[@HuskyOwner-bl1jf]

It doesn't help that Russia sent all their inspectors to Ukraine to be cannon fodder in meat wave attacks

[@diegonarvaez7487]

ruZia is corrupt

[@dave20thmay]

More likely the people who did that work are now doing damn work in Ukraine.

[@JonesBeiges]

In Russia mud is strong.

[@CantripsBongHits]

Ruzzia falling apart in realtime

[@mistressfreezepeach]

yeah, no. That's what DW wants you to think.

[@kempnda]

@@mistressfreezepeach or is that what putin wants you to think about DW?

[@mistressfreezepeach]

@@kempnda no it's what everybody with even a tiny bit of media literacy sees

[@CantripsBongHits]

@@mistressfreezepeach the irony of you invoking the 'media literacy' clause. ROFL

[@Blodhelm]

@@mistressfreezepeach LOL says the notorious Putin cheerleader.

[@c1619]

Apparently, the thieving Russian officials have blamed rodents for this. lol

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

Hamster lives matter !

[@MrDogonjon]

As they should the neglect is hilarious. I feel sorry for those flooded out of their homes but.....I hope they are pissed off.

[@trentonpower1823]

It's those damn combat mosquitoes!

[@Vaginaninja]

Self own

[@trentonpower1823]

@@MrDogonjon I don't

[@user-zj8hu8ew8e]

An interviewer on Moscow street asks a Russian : - so, how’s life in Russia? Russian replies: “ well… I can’t complain” 😅

[@roymoorman5990]

It must feel heartwarming for the citizens seeing so many countries offer their support. ... NOT!

[@konfunable]

LOOOOL

[@toughguyver6986]

Yes, it’s very difficult and expensive to help people, trapped inside of a dictatorship, without helping the dictator.

[@lorettabethea4731]

Plus, rescuers responding might be taken to the gulag to exchange for criminals- Putler can rationalize anything

[@oneshothunter9877]

Putin: Laalalala 🙊🙉🙈

[@jetv1471]

Right !!?!? So true

[@triniton8262]

I wonder who will fall from a window this time.

[@robinhood4640]

It was purposely flooded, to reduce the risk of death from accidentally falling out of windows.

[@petervisser4910]

You shouldn't build dams out of mud and sand, maybe hire some beavers.

[@gsomethingsomething2658]

Let's be fair and thoughtful on this matter: living in Russia sucks!!!

[@PSYACTIF]

No, putin said " everybody's jealous of ruzzia"

[@user-tq3vb7vw6b]

Why? Lived in Munchen and in Moscow, the latter ia by far a better place in terms of quality of life.

[@_.F0X._]

Moscow is the capital, ofcourse it has to be the emblem city, if even the capital sucks then you have failed 100%

[@freetimeflip6438]

This flood will make it easier for russia to install plumbing to these rural communities that have never had plumbing

[@user-tq3vb7vw6b]

@@_.F0X._ Moscow is approx 15% of the whole population, not just an emblem

[@lukeamato423]

Of course it was preventable...they could have built the dam properly

[@pasenadi_of_kosala]

No they could not. Not capable of building a dam. Not capable of winning the war. Russia will collapse just like the dam

[@sudbahn1097]

What a joke, it´s in ruzzia

[@ridgemondhigh4891]

No, they have FAR more important things to invest in.

[@MrDogonjon]

Every dam operator in the world regularly inspects their earthen dams for rodent damage. Not in russia. Incompetence is the norm..

[@independent174]

Of course it's negligence, it's Russia isn't it.

[@dannyarcher6370]

Usually the military is deployed to disaster areas. Where's the military in all this?

[@ostermalmi1]

Get 30 million to build a dam. Pocket half and build something Looking line a dam. Thats russia

[@NateWhitehorse]

The 30 million dirt dam. 😂😂😂

[@sleepydoppy8516]

America also.

[@jetv1471]

Russia:”what flooding crisis ? There is no flooding crisis .”

[@JetP20]

Karma

[@RidingWithGerdas]

So beautiful!

[@martavdz4972]

Noooooo, a dam breaking is never beautiful. I´m relieved Russia is experiencing some of the incredible stress it inflicts on us, and the suffering it inflicts on Ukraine. But it should be the oligarchs who are causing this, they should have problems, not children and old people somewhere in Siberia. And Kazakhstan.

[@sudbahn1097]

@@martavdz4972 this broken dams are really beautiful

[@HYLOS14344]

Karma is real wew,,

[@sonneh86]

"no one leaves. We cut the phone lines. Contain the spread of misinformation."

[@linkincsar269]

We have heaps of Dkyes in Australia, I work with about 10, they can borrow them.

[@Alpharizzchad]

Putin sent 1 potato for each person

[@hornantuutti5157]

Potato peel*

[@Highskill3r]

they wash it down with vodka its fine

[@TheMildaBlack]

Why is not there army for help? oh yeah they are busy.... 😵

[@neneoribamise3112]

It is a flood special operation

[@oleopathic]

The City of Orc-sk? Sauron is cringing over this disaster.

[@suepetzer5996]

This is horrible for the people. Regular hard working people losing everything

[@markmd9]

That's no floods, that's special watering operation.

[@markfischer3626]

The dam failed because the corrupt contractor stole most of the money and built the dam by piling dirt on top of shrubs and trees he'd cut down. Failure was inevitable. This is the price of corruption.This is not an exception, it is a symptom of a failed society resulting from a criminal culture.

[@squazzley]

His incompetence is starting to come to light.

[@alvaroarias7299]

Karma that is !!!!

[@user-vx5vo3gs2w]

It's the Dam(n).

[@sudbahn1097]

@@user-vx5vo3gs2w that was not repaired becaue money and manpower is used in Ukraine

[@robinhood4640]

I'm looking forward to the report from the monitoring of the situation. The water lever went up, went up some more, and then it came back down again.

[@netiturtle]

Several pieces of the dam were seen swimming towards Ukraine..

[@DoliSkipper]

Imagine the looting and plundering that will start (if it hasn't already) as soon as the water begins to recede...

[@isay207]

Lead by putin

[@alc5792]

And this after no heat all winter.

[@ryanhartnett530]

Russia is folding like a cheap suit.

[@baruchspinoza3106]

"That which is falling should also be pushed." Nietzsche

[@gaywizard2000]

Falling or failing?

[@SeeLasSee]

I’m impressed with that rescue boat. Large and versatile.

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

they use it to rob the houses, no joke.

[@viper_fan]

Sent Putins tables as rescue boats.

[@Mortthemoose]

​@@viper_fan😂😂😂👍

[@juandelacruz1520]

Putin is busy on his war ,now you're on your own Ivan

[@VsevolodSidorenko]

thank you God, from Ukraine

[@unbreakableldorado7723]

definitely Ukraines fault!

[@peterjaniceforan3080]

Blame it on🇺🇦&🇺🇸

[@PilotVBall]

Sure looks like there is no water shortage anywhere on the planet.

[@miguelfunez6825]

Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@steveanthony494]

Those men complaining will make good fodder at the front line in Ukraine.

[@mikedowland9949]

Why do I get the feeling someone “responsible” is going to fall out of high window for this😂😂

[@tyllerboomgaarden7344]

"Can we go to Italy momma?" "No, we have Italy at home!" Italy at home:

[@brandonn.1275]

Maintenance and upkeep funds probably got pocketed

[@letsnottalkaboutname8719]

By conscription in army.

[@UnitedUA]

Russia Fails

[@tommwangi4302]

HATER

[@alantaylorfc]

It has never done anything but fail in every single aspect of life through its entire existence.

[@TheRussianLaw]

Dream on.

[@Anastasia-nn5fy]

I love your concerned faces as if you’re not jumping with delight seeing floods in Russia

[@lansvale28]

3 hour special water operation

[@cunningplan9049]

Damn rodents who ate the dam and caused this ! (Official explanation by the local authorities)

[@Amradar123]

So they admitted it was themselves? 😊

[@NateWhitehorse]

I saw that interview. 😂😂😂 The general contractor literally blamed rodents for chewing through the dam. 😂😂😂

[@NateWhitehorse]

They knew the dam was going to fail. Instead of getting construction people to repair the dam. Russians had the local Priests pray for the dam. 😂😂😂

[@gonebabygone4116]

We are going to need to talk about this woman at 8:11 carrying an enormous wildcat lookin' feline by the scruff of the neck with a bag over its head. What breed is this? Is he safe from flooding? So many questions.

[@agn855]

Hint, the German Wehrmacht named a few tanks after this species

[@michalelwartowski3424]

'massive operations ' ? 😒

[@richardd8111]

Was it Chinese cement ????

[@iandvan8698]

Cement? It was made of dirt, just a big log pile of dirt called dam 🦫 and the funniest part is that I'm not joking

[@TheAlchaemist]

Cement... lol... this is Ruzzia...

[@YouAreMeWho]

Aging infrastructure neglected is the cause and with most of the budget going for war this is will continue sadly.

[@NateWhitehorse]

The dam that failed was only 10 years old. A 33 million dollar dirt dam. The Russian state media interviewed the General Contractor of the dam. He blamed rodents for chewing through the dam. 😂😂😂😂 So funny

[@shinji1264]

Russia terrorist attack: Pooti police failed the Russian people Russian Damn collapse: Pootin government failing the Russian people again...

[@tabithan2978]

Don’t forget, 430k men at the front dead or badly injured, also because of negligence.

[@TheAlchaemist]

Yeah.. yet somehow the dear leader is never responsible for anything... it's the magic of their system...

[@bunnyfufu9933]

They had the priests do prayers at the dam so it wouldn't break... 😂😂😂😂😂😂 instead of actually doimg something lets just pay priest lol 😂😂😂

[@Susirajantakaa]

Seriously?! Yeah, I can send some thoughts and prayers too 🤦‍♂

[@JayDeeChannel]

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

[@Amradar123]

Where did the russian money and the engineers to maintain the infrastructure go?

[@Kodakcompactdisc]

Lurssen in Germany most probably.

[@Amradar123]

​Putin can now visit the locals by luxury cruise

[@lorettabethea4731]

Stolen as usual

[@user-xt5yz8wm7z]

@@lorettabethea4731 nope 🤣🤣

[@user-xt5yz8wm7z]

Troll 🤣🤣

[@yusufkiptanui400]

They are now fighting with the real fighter. An fight able one.

[@presidentofukraina]

Handling it like its navy

[@vietanhtran3363]

He is constantly involved in the matter by spending his time in the jacuzzi, drinking champagne and thinking to himself "being submerged in the water is good, why are they complaining"😂

[@jetv1471]

What major news agencies are still allowed to broadcast from a Moscow ?

[@lowesonia8551]

Restoring highly productive Land Rich in essentials.( Ukraine Sovereign Country since the end of the cold war.) Is on Putin Agenda not the infrastructure of lowlands in Siberia. Sorry, for these evidently poor people just trying to have a life. In, such places. I doubt any Oligarchs are among the Population!

[@agn855]

They’re driving with their boats trough this mess - probably looting (obviously a Russian tradition)…

[@JoeyBlogs007]

The floods could reach Moscow in under 8 weeks.

[@consuelopulici2354]

It must be terrible to live this. 😢 It could happen to any of us 😥

[@MrPetermc199]

Karma sometimes arrives in liquid form.

[@billkingston4402]

I'll be damned

[@gr83172]

😂😅😂

[@jimmyliu4614]

When authorities pay too much attention on wars, they are likely to fail to take care of the everyday livelihoods of their people.

[@dianeaniol7186]

Unfortunately flooding is a problem everywhere. There is flooding in Kazakstahn. Dams have to be checked and maintained.

[@frankietatcanbearrange3874]

It is not negligence, it is God's wrath!!!

[@krisradjpaul278]

It’s bad engineering and corruption.

[@yvonnetomenga5726]

Where are the people being evacuated to? Does Russia set up shelters?

[@agn855]

Ukraine. Free of charge.

[@Beckford4000]

Relocated to newly "acquired" land in the newest region of Russia (i.e. Ukraine)

[@ax.f-1256]

If they ask questions to prison and then to the Frontline. If they ask too many questions straight to the Frontline...

[@sowitandhopeitgrows]

Who cares?

[@red_rabbit31]

This literally happens every year in Russia, but to a lesser extent. But there was too much snow this winter, and it melted surprisingly quickly.

[@amurry5042]

Pray for rain! Lots and lots of rain