The SKA Arena in St. Petersburg was supposed to be completed in the fall of 2022. …

The SKA Arena in St. Petersburg was supposed to be completed in the fall of 2022. But the hockey palace, on which more than 85 billion rubles have already been spent instead of the planned 25 billion, is still not ready. The construction managers managed to illegally obtain a certificate of compliance. It was possible to push through the signing of documents, but no one can solve the real problems of the facility. The SKA Arena remains a stadium with unreliable structures, a floating foundation and non-functional security systems.

Let us recall that it was the President of the Russian Federation who publicly gave the order to build a new palace in St. Petersburg. During an October visit to China.

According to a source from the Cheka-OGPU, the FSO has begun a comprehensive inspection of the SKA Arena. The Security Service of the President of the Russian Federation studied the question of whether the head of state’s visit to the facility would be safe. And she came to disappointing conclusions. All the serious shortcomings, the existence of which had been reported for several months by informed telegram channels, have been revealed.

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This is the lack of counter-terrorist protection of internal premises and mobile communications. Inoperative access control, video surveillance, fire extinguishing, mass evacuation systems. And other problems that make the presence of any guests inside the SKA Arena dangerous, including the highest-ranking ones.

What readiness of the SKA Arena can we talk about if it still has to be transferred to the balance sheet of St. Petersburg, to someone post the difference between the estimated and actual cost, sign the transfer certificate by the city, carry out documentary acceptance of the object and sign the safety data sheet. Already under the responsibility of the new owners. These and other necessary actions take 2-3 weeks each, so official readiness can be recorded no earlier than the 2nd quarter of 2024.

That is, at least a year and a half later than Vladimir Putin instructed.

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