The Novosibirsk Mayor Anatoly Lokot stopped the tender for smartphones and tablets for officials costing more than 540 thousand roubles, according to TASS.

      “I gave the order to stop the tender, I think we will save money this way. We do not need to be on the forefront of fashion. The gadgets we have in the Mayor’s Office now are functioning well. And that’s enough” – Lokot said. Earlier the Administrative Department of the Novosibirsk Mayor’s Office has placed the auction for the purchase of three smart phones, four tablets, five laptops and four desktop computers on the online web site of state procurement. Lokot thinks that the criticism from Internet users towards the organizers of the purchase was absolutely deserved.