Cherepovets

A sign with the logo of steelmaker Severstal is on display at the company's plant in Cherepovets, Russia October 22, 2018.

But in Cherepovets, Severstal has mounted its own emergency relief effort.

“The amendments that are proposed are simply dictated by life, I believe,” he told a gathering in Cherepovets, about 300 miles north of Moscow.

Fifty years ago, when the citizens of Cherepovets gathered in the same spot, it was to celebrate the achievements of a socioeconomic system they deemed eternal.

The money is flowing through to the community, Cherepovets, a sprawl of apartment blocks nestled in the northern forests.