WORLD WORLDWIDE RUSSIA News Journal Update - (en) Rusia, AIT: Social conflicts under the roar of cannonade (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 Despite the efforts of the Russian and Ukrainian powers that be to divert the

attention of the population from the worsening social problems with the help of
patriotic propaganda of "defence of the fatherland", social protests break out
here and there in both countries. The immediate reasons for them may be
different, but the real reason is the same - "wild" neo-liberal capitalism with
its unrestrained pursuit of profits and "savings" at the expense of ordinary
people. ---- We publish several fragmentary reports about such protests. ---- In
Iskitim (Novosibirsk region of the Russian Federation), the population has been
protesting for many months against plans to open a "correctional center" for
prisoners near a school and a kindergarten. Initially, it was planned to place it
in the Shipunovsky microdistrict. Residents found out about this quite by
accident on August 2, 2022. Interestingly, even the mayor of the city stated that
he did not give consent to this (https://ngs.ru/text/gorod/2022/08/11/71560685/)

On August 17 last year, dozens of local residents gathered in the gym of the
educational institution to meet with representatives of the authorities and
expressed their protest to them. Behind the decision to provide a specially
renovated building of the former hostel for these purposes is its owner - the
Novosibirsk Poultry Farm company and the local GUFSIN. As the deputy general
director of the company explained, it was decided to use the labor of prisoners,
because the company is experiencing an acute shortage of labor. "... Business
wants to turn the city into a zone by its decision," one of the local residents
commented on this, saying that people are ready to organize rallies and protest
camps (https://ngs.ru/text/gorod/2022/08/ 18/71580068/).

It is worth noting that this should not have been the first correctional center
in the Iskitimsky district opened by private capital in the course of the actual
privatization of prisons. In February 2022, the first of these private
institutions was opened by entrepreneur Golubev on the basis of the Berdsky brick
factory -businessmen/)
But this time the union of the repressive apparatus and business ran into
resistance. Under the pressure of indignation, the mayor of Iskitim announced
that there would be no "correctional center" in the Shipunovsky microdistrict
(https://tayga.info/178812).

However, the GUFSIN and the Novosibirsk Poultry Farm did not let up. This time, a
new facility was chosen for the future center - in the former military camp of
NZIVa. The project ran into resistance here too. On March 14, residents of the
Sintez and Molodezhny housing estates, as well as dacha communities, gathered for
a meeting and demanded that the construction of a center near residential
buildings be cancelled. They were afraid of an increase in the crime situation in
an already disadvantaged area (the infrastructure is not developed, buses run
infrequently, there is no lighting, and dachas are systematically robbed). Prior
to this, residents had already met with the mayor, wrote an appeal to the
governor and State Duma deputies, tried to organize hearings in the City Council
dlya-zekov/). Dissatisfied people collected signatures for a petition - by the
end of March 2023, 3.5 thousand signatures had already been collected
(https://iskitim-gazeta.ru/okolo-3-5-tysjachi-podpisej-protiv-ispravitelnogo-centra-sobrali-v
-iskitime/). The issue was still unresolved.

On April 22, a rally was held in Iskitim against the opening of the centers:
residents appealed to the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, the
governor, the president of the Russian Federation and the Russian government, but
to no avail.

On May 3, it became known about the arson of the building for the center in
Shibkovo. On May 6, the villagers planned another rally ). Under pressure from
protests, the city administration was forced to announce that there would be no
"correction center" at the new site either
(https://iskitim-gazeta.ru/administracija-iskitima-ispravitelnogo-centra-v-rajone-ao-nziv-ne-budet
/ )

A sharp confrontation with the authorities and capital broke out in the Bashkir
village of Ishmurzino, where the population is protesting against the actions of
gold mining companies in the Baimaksky district, which deprive residents of land
for pastures. In April, about 1,000 people gathered at a protest gathering,
expressed their lack of confidence in the local authorities, removed the village
headman and elected a local activist to this post. The dismissed figure did not
recognize this decision and turned to the authorities and the prosecutor's
office. The police began interrogating the villagers...
(https://t.me/black_book_of_capitalism/7424)

In Dagestan, residents of a number of villages gathered on April 6 for a mass
gathering in Chirkey, protesting against the transfer to private capital of part
of the largest North Caucasian reservoir - the Chirkey. It turned out that back
in January, the North Caucasus Department of the Federal Agency for Fishery held
an auction. Bidding concerned 6 sites in the water area of the reservoir. In all
positions, two firms registered by the same capitalist competed. Residents fear
for the fate of the source of drinking water. As a result of the protest, they
managed to get the decision of the head of Dagestan to suspend work until a
subsequent inspection

Meanwhile, in the Ukrainian village of Martonosha (Novoukrainsky district,
Kirovograd region), dozens of people took to the streets to protest against the
dismissal of the only postal worker in the village and its replacement with a
mobile post office. Evdokia Alekseenko received the order to dismiss last week.

"We used to have a full-fledged branch of Ukrposhta. The manager quit 3-4 years
ago, they didn't find a person to take her place, two postmen remained. Two years
ago one of them was fired. "It works at any time of the year. We understand that
the car will not drive off-road and people from Malaya Whiska will not go to
every house," says Natalia Dobrovan, an employee of the local government.

"I have a negative attitude towards my dismissal, because there are a lot of old
people who don't even leave the yard. I like to work, but what should I do, I
will live on, I will look for something for myself." The management offered the
woman three vacancies - a postman or loader in the regional center 60 km from
Martonosha, and a postman in a village 70 km from home. "The salary is minimal.
If you go to Kropyvnytskyi, then you need to rent an apartment in order to live
somewhere. This option does not suit me."

Residents have prepared an appeal to the Kirovograd Directorate of Ukrposhta with
a request to reconsider the decision to dismiss
(https://t.me/black_book_of_capitalism/7430)

In Kharkiv, in April, residents of three shell-damaged houses in the city center
staged a protest against the authorities' intention to demolish them. Residents
were not informed about the decision to demolish, they had to find out about it
from social networks. They are outraged not only by the fact that they will have
nowhere to live, but also by the prospect of the city losing its historical
appearance -harkova/)

And in March in Cherkassy (Central Ukraine) a rally was held against cutting down
trees in the forest park zone. The protesters gathered at the entrance to the
city hall during the session and demanded to stop the development. They brought
with them a tombstone, the remains of trees and posters. People demanded to
return the forest and plant trees again at the expense of the tenant. After the
protest, the head of the city was forced to terminate the contract with the
tenant (https://t.me/black_book_of_capitalism/6436)...

There are actually dozens of such local conflicts. It's just that not all of them
get information in the media ...

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