WORLD WORLDWIDE RUSSIA News Journal Update - (en) Russia, AIT: New strikes and protests in Russia (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 No matter how hard the Russian ruling classes try to achieve "national

unity" under the pretext of a "military operation," the mood of the
working people is far from the imaginary "unanimous support" of the
authorities. Sporadic strikes and local protests continued to break out
in various parts of the country in October and November. The
population's dissatisfaction is caused by a general deterioration in the
socio-economic situation. ---- As is clear from the results of a survey
conducted by specialists from the online recruiting platform hh.ru,
about 45% of Russians are faced with the fact that their salaries are
not enough to meet basic needs (in 2021, only 25% of respondents faced
the same shortage of funds) . Another 36% of survey participants said
that their income barely covers basic needs (two years ago, 39% of
respondents gave this assessment of their financial condition). Now only
20% of Russians receive a salary that is enough for everything they
need, while in 2021 there were 36%
(https://news.ru/society/polovina-rossiyan-stolknulas-s-nehvatkoj-deneg-na-osnovnye-nuzhdy/
).

In this situation, it is not surprising that people continue to protest
for a variety of reasons: from non-payment of wages to destruction of
the environment and their living conditions.

Altai

Hundreds of Pavlovsk residents gathered on November 25 at the village
stadium for a rally against the construction of a landfill. Participants
demanded that another location for the dump be chosen. According to
those present, the appearance of the complex will worsen the
environmental situation. People doubted that the authorities had carried
out the necessary studies before developing the landfill project. They
threatened to recall deputies who would support the project and called
for the introduction of a separate waste collection system in all cities
of the region to solve the garbage problem. A week before the rally,
local activists collected 2.5 thousand signatures against the
construction of the landfill ( https://t.me/kprfaltay/4242 )

Astrakhan region

On November 22, workers at the Kozlovo water station in the Volodarsky
district stopped working due to non-payment of wages for 4 months. As a
result, water supply was limited in the villages of Paromny, Volodarsky,
and the villages of Kozlovo, Marfino, Vatazhka, Kudrino, Kzyl-Tan,
Dianovka. The head of the district managed to achieve the launch of
water after negotiations with the head and employees of the Central
Vodokanal (
https://astrakhan.su/news/housing/v-volodarskom-rajone-otklyuchili-holod...
)

Bashkortostan

Residents of four villages are planning a public rally against flagstone
mining. They asked the head of the Kalchurovsky village council to
coordinate the gathering. But the head said that the two places
allocated for quarries are not included in the village council.
Activists found maps and were convinced that the lands belonged to their
settlement and the Temasovsky village council. (
https://t.me/baymabzelil/1411 ). Let us recall that in May, more than a
thousand residents of the region held a public gathering against gold
mining on the Irandyk mountain range, after which others followed. They
re-elected the head of the village of Ishmurzino, although the
authorities called it illegal. In June, the company abandoned gold
mining in the area.

Ivanovo region

Protesters against the construction of a landfill in the vicinity of
Shuya took to the regional highway, pasted over cars with leaflets and
stickers with a link to a petition for refusing to place waste in the
region ( https://vk.com/info37?w=wall-69296730_2324221 ). Activists
declared the protest indefinite and called on other drivers to join it.
Local residents reported that traffic police blocked the highway. A
petition against the construction of the landfill has collected 3.3
thousand signatures. Local residents said that the appearance of the
landfill would leave Shuya and dozens of settlements in the vicinity of
the city without clean water. Protesters accused officials of trying to
hide the start of construction; they only learned about the project
during a public hearing on October 19.

Irkutsk region

We have already reported on protests by shift workers of the Grand Stroy
company who worked at Gazprom's Kovyktinskoye field and did not receive
wages for months ( https://aitrus.info/node/6164 ). Driven to despair,
they declared their readiness to block the highway due to salary arrears
(
https://iznanka.news/articles/Vazhnoe/Vakhtoviki-grozyat-perekryt-trassu...
). Only after this did the prosecutor's office force the employer to
repay in full the debt of 119 employees of the construction company in
the amount of more than 8 million rubles (
https://vk.com/wall-213632682_1511 )

Orenburg region

Shift workers hired to overhaul the gas plant refused to go to work. The
reason for the strike was non-payment of wages. The contract with the
Yekaterinburg company SMT for carrying out the work was concluded by the
GSP Remont society, part of the Gazstroy group of companies (
https://orengrad.ru/obshhestvo/v-orenburge-bastuyut-vahtoviki-priehavshie-rabotat-na-gazzavod/).
Some of the workers did not wait for unpaid wages and went home. They
told journalists that they saw no point in sitting in a hotel, wasting
time waiting for their salary. While those who live in the Orenburg
region are leaving ( https://orenday.ru/news/201123164523 )

Leningrad region

On November 15, a strike occurred at the Vyborg shipyard. Workers in
hard hats and overalls gathered on the site in front of the plant
building and in one of the rooms and began to voice complaints against
management. According to the VKontakte public page of the publication
"Requisite Vyborg", the company's employees are demanding an explanation
about the significant reduction in salaries. "Employees were asked to
return to work, they were promised to review the protocol and schedule a
separate meeting to answer all their questions." The protocol contained
questions to the leadership based on the results of a kind of strike.
The production director, who came out to the audience, accepted the
protocol. A general meeting of the labor collective is scheduled to be
held ( https://47news.ru/articles/241012/ ).

Petersburg

Deliverers of medium-sized and large-sized goods from the Sber online
service went on strike against a reduction in their wages. The strike
began on the morning of November 18. Dozens of minibuses and Gazelles
stood near the Sber Logistics warehouse building at 26 Moskovskoye
Shosse, blocking the exits. As one driver said, the money given to them
on payday caused widespread disappointment. Before this, Sber employees
received 1,000 rubles for the delivery of one large item, but now the
prices have changed. Many were not given the amounts they expected.
"This was explained by the fact that a new program has started working,
which calculates the weight of the goods and its dimensions differently.
Roughly speaking, those who were supposed to receive 50,000 rubles per
week received a maximum of 30,000. We were presented with a fact: either
you agree to the conditions, or you can quit, since no one is holding
anyone here," the employee described the situation ( https:
//megapolisonline.ru/voditeli-sbermarketa-ustroili-zabastovku-v-sh... ).
According to workers, couriers received a salary 20-30 thousand less
than expected due to a change in the algorithm for calculating the
weight and dimensions of goods, and those who were dissatisfied were
asked to look for another job. Negotiations began between the protest
participants and the management, and the strikers were promised a
recalculation, after which they separated
(https://161.ru/text/gorod/2023/11/05/72884930/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=messenger&utm_campaign=161)

Rostov region

Residents of the Krasnokrymsky rural settlement tried to organize a
protest rally against uncontrolled development, a faulty housing and
communal services system and the lack of a water protection zone near
the rivers. The villagers wanted to collect signatures under a list of
demands to the district authorities (
https://161.ru/text/gorod/2023/11/05/72884930/?utm_source=telegram&utm_m...
). The meeting was supposed to take place on November 5 in the village
of Chaltyr, where the district administration building is located. But
the administration of the Chaltyrsky rural settlement wrote in an
official response that "there are now many bots and people running who,
under different nicknames and avatars, are exciting the people."
According to officials, there is no need to hold a rally, since "the SVO
is now underway." The head of the settlement, Dzadur Tyzykhyan, tried
three times to get permission to hold a rally, but was refused each
time, and on the eve of the planned rally he was summoned to the police
for a "conversation" about the inadmissibility of the protest.

Sverdlovsk region

On October 15, residents of the city of Sysert went out on a picket
against the construction of a landfill. Several dozen townspeople
gathered there. The authorities banned the rally, so the participants
had to speak without microphones ( https://t.me/ve4ved/70407 ). The
fight against the landfill project has been going on since at least the
spring of 2023. Her opponents collected thousands of signatures and have
already organized protests ( https://aitrus.info/node/6169 ). Under
pressure from the protests, deputies of the regional Legislative
Assembly were also forced to "move." In September, after an appeal from
deputies, Rosselkhoznadzor confirmed that Agropromkredit Bank, which
owns the land, violated the rules for using the site. The department
issued a warning to the owner of the territory. After the picket on
October 15, a group of deputies demanded the confiscation of the land
allocated for the landfill ( https://vk.com/kprfekb?w=wall-8986414_45903 ).

Udmurtia

Residents of Izhevsk are protesting against the placement of military
factories for the production of drones among urban development. Three
city shopping and entertainment centers have already been converted for
this production (
https://newizv.ru/news/2023-09-15/konets-filmov-v-izhevske-tretiy-tts-zakryvayut-pod-proizvodstvo-bespilotnikov-419358).
Dozens of graffiti appeared on the walls of buildings, fences and
asphalt as a sign of protest (
https://m.vk.com/wall-61949408_43315?post_add )

Yakutia

On November 16, workers at the Inaglinsky mining and processing plant
(part of the Kolmar company) held a one-day strike. "People are paid
pennies, they are not paid extra, the workload is heavy, the drivers
charge more than the norm (it's illegal according to the Labor Code of
the Russian Federation!), there are endless problems with buses, they
arrive from the day shift as early as 10 p.m., people couldn't stand it,
after yesterday's salary, they went on strike for Kolmar. The cars just
stood there and the bosses arrived. And now the strikers will simply be
fired, because they will find a reason. Aren't they right?! Just a cry
from the heart! "Kolmar will get away with it again!" the miners said.
The strike occurred after the payment of wages (an average of 80
thousand rubles was issued), which was obviously incomplete. The
management promised to pay off the debts by December 1, and a meeting
will be held at the enterprise in connection with the incident (
https://1sn.ru/platyat-kopeiki-v-yakutii-rabotniki-kolmara-proveli-odnodnevnuyu-zabastovku)

https://aitrus.info/node/6180
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