Comrades! Behold the audacity of the financial capital! Once more, the parasitic elements of our society seek to tighten the noose around the necks of the working class. The State Duma has been presented with a series of demands—a programmatic strike, if you will—to halt the unbridled tyranny of utility tariff hikes scheduled for the first of October.

Mr. Sergey Mironov, speaking for his faction, has rightly denounced this 'tariff lawlessness.' It is a scheme that does not serve to mend a single pipe or heat a single cold room, but serves solely to impoverish the citizen while lining the pockets of the bourgeoisie. The proposal is clear: a moratorium on these predatory increases until the end of 2026, and a decree that tariffs shall not rise more than once a year, nor exceed the rate of inflation.

Consider the sheer madness of the figures! While the government speaks in theoretical averages of 9.9 percent, the reality for the toiling masses is far more sinister. In the Stavropol region, the combined index and 'permissible deviations' allow for a hike of nearly 45 percent! Is this not the very essence of exploitation? To demand nearly half as much more from a worker's meager wage is not governance—it is legalized robbery!

And for what purpose does this capital accumulate? Does the quality of service improve? Does the frequency of accidents diminish? Nay! There is a systemic 'leak' in this industry, and that leak is the corruption of the ruling class. The Prosecutor General and the Audit Chamber uncover a nest of vipers—machinations, frauds, and thefts that bleed the people dry.

Our demand must be absolute: a total freeze on tariffs until a sweeping federal audit is conducted. We must stir this nest of snakes and annihilate it! The only cure for this malaise is the nationalisation of the industry. We must wrench these utilities from the grasping hands of the private profiteers and return them to the State. For the private capitalist has no interest in repairing the infrastructure; his only interest is the accumulation of capital and the filling of his own pockets.

If we purge the industry of these vultures and establish a rational, state-led administration, the tariffs would not merely stop rising—they could be slashed by at least 20 percent! It is high time we stopped pouring the blood and sweat of the proletariat into the rotting pipes of a system decayed by corruption. The time for half-measures is over; the grip of the rent-seeking monopolies must be broken!