City manager of Kaliningrad jokingly asked the guests of the city not to “make children”

The head of the administration of Kaliningrad, Elena Dyatlova, jokingly asked guests from the south of Russia “not to increase the population of the city.” With these words, Mrs. Dyatlova turned to architectural officials from the Krasnodar Territory and its individual resorts, the publication reports. “Russian West”. The city manager explained her joke by increased federal requirements for local authorities in the event that the population of the region passes the mark of 1 million people.

According to data from open sources, in 2021 the population of Kaliningrad was more than 490 thousand people. According to the Kaliningradoblstat, as of January 1, 2022, 498,260 people lived in the city. According to the city authorities, another 120,000 to 180,000 residents of the region and visitors from other regions of the country should be added to this figure.

“I kindly ask you not to have children while you are in the Kaliningrad region, so as not to increase the population,” Elena Dyatlova addressed the delegation at a meeting during which the experience of the western region in the integrated development of cities was discussed.

In connection with the possible growth of the population, Mrs. Dyatlova mentioned the prospect of increasing the number of city council deputies to 35 people. The head of the administration said she did not know where to “get so many sane people” if needed. “Kaliningrad is not for tourists, Kaliningrad is a city for comfortable living, this is a priority,” said Elena Dyatlova.

Maria Fedotova