Bryansk Bot: Local News Inbox

Spotted a pothole in the middle of the road, a closed bridge or something odd in your courtyard, and want people to know? The Bryansk Bot takes such tips and passes them to a local news channel. 📰

It is a news inbox for residents of Bryansk and the surrounding region. You start the bot, write a message, and it goes to the channel's editors.

How to send a tip

According to the bot's profile, you just start it and send material for publication. It is best to include everything at once: text, a photo or video, and the exact place.

1. Open the bot and press Start.
2. Describe what happened and when.
3. Attach a photo or video if you have one.
4. Name the street or a landmark so readers know where it is.

The channel's editors decide what gets published, so do not expect an instant reply or an instant post.

What is worth sending

City channels live on material from their subscribers. The most valuable tips are things other residents can check or use right now.

• Road conditions: accidents, closures, potholes, broken traffic lights.
• Utility outages: water, power or heating cuts.
• City events: concerts, fairs, holidays.
• Lost and found: missing documents, lost pets.

Writing a tip that gets picked up

Short and precise messages are published more willingly than long emotional ones. Date, time and place fit in two lines, and the rest takes a sentence or two.

Shoot photos and video yourself. Do not send other people's material without the author's permission, and avoid close-ups of faces and license plates.

Check before you send

Rumors spread fast and take a long time to correct. If you did not witness an event yourself, say where the information comes from, or wait for confirmation. ⚠️

Do not send personal data about other people: addresses, phone numbers, documents. That can break the law and hurt the people you write about.

Who gets use out of it

It is for residents who want to be heard and for anyone following city life. For channel subscribers the bot is a way to take part in city life, while reading works without it.

If you need official services such as a doctor's appointment or certificates, this is the wrong place: it works as a news inbox for the channel. In an emergency, call emergency services rather than writing to the bot. 🚨

When something does not work

If the bot does not respond, restart it with the start button and send the message again. The bot's profile lists a contact for questions and problems with how it works.

Tell friends and neighbors about it: the more residents send news, the fuller the picture of the city. 🙂