Penza, 11 December 2017. PenzaNews. The governor Ivan Belozertsev criticized holiday decoration of Penza streets on the threshold of the New Year's Day.

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"The city has not been decorated enough. You are cutting down expenses," he said turning to the mayor Victor Kuvaytsev at an action meeting in the regional government on Monday, December 11.

The head of the region reminded that last year the money for this purpose had been allocated from the budget. In addition, funds had been received as a result of negotiations with businesses and it had become possible to decorate the city better than in previous years.

"Even though some progress has been observed, we still cannot catch up with the Mordovia region," Ivan Belozertsev noted with regret.

He encouraged paying special attention to sites most visited by people.