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

 The continuation of hostilities between the Russian and Ukrainian

states, which, it seems, have finally entered the stage of "trench
warfare," only exacerbates the crisis in both countries. They place a
heavy burden on the impoverished population, and they respond to the
growing burden with acts of social resistance and protest. ---- RUSSIA
---- Buryatia. Residents of Ulan-Ude are protesting against the
construction of a giant colony for 3,000 prisoners, which they intend to
build in the Energetik microdistrict next to CHPP-2, by order of the
Russian president. Having gathered at the monument, they recorded a
collective appeal to the President of the Russian Federation, deputies
of the People's Khural of Buryatia and the local city council.

"To be honest, we didn't know that we would live to see this. We were
not informed of such terrible news that we would be building a special
megacolony zone, a special regime zone. Colossal in size, having no
analogues in Russia," said a woman who spoke at a street rally on
December 7. - And after the fact, just yesterday, it turns out, public
hearings took place, about which we, residents of the microdistricts
involved, were not even notified. We learned about this after the fact
from the media. It turns out that it was decided to build this colony
here. Just, as we were told, 2 km from us. Imagine, a colony, which has
no analogues in Russia in terms of size and power consumption, will be
built in the capital of the region, in the capital of the Republic of
Buryatia."

The authorities of Ulan-Ude reported on the holding of "public hearings"
on December 6: "The construction of the facility will become a point for
the development of all infrastructure in the area. This includes the
construction of new utility networks, the development of new
territories, jobs, and transport accessibility." Member of the "Council
of Elders under the Head of the Republic of Buryatia", former head of
the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the region Ivan Kalashnikov linked
the construction of the colony with "patriotism" (
https://tgstat.ru/channel/@Sib_Express/47591 ).

Instead of a colony, residents are asking to develop infrastructure in
the energy sector. They reminded the authorities of his problems. The
microdistrict lacks a park, a school and a kindergarten. Baira
Gomoboeva, a resident of the microdistrict, said: "Please hear the
opinions of the residents, we don't want the forest to be cut down. You
will cause irreparable damage to the entire city. Our forest is 85
hectares, it brings benefits not only to the residents of Energy. I
believe that the forest is a common property, the whole city should be
interested." Residents also invited officials to their meeting, but they
were not in the hall. The fate of the colony will be decided at a
session of the city council of deputies. It will be held in February
next year
(https://arigus.tv/news/society/140903-v-ulan-ude-zhiteli-energetika-prodolzhayut-borbu-protiv-stroitelstva-kolonii/
)

Dagestan. On the evening of December 13, residents of Makhachkala,
dissatisfied with the power outage, blocked the street and stopped
traffic on Gamidov Avenue and Akushinsky Avenue in Makhachkala. Similar
spontaneous rallies due to power outages already took place in the
republic in the summer. The police came to the protesters, and
representatives of Dagenergo promised residents of the de-energized
areas to restore the power supply within a few hours. After this,
traffic was restored ( https://t.me/astrapress/43970 )

Kaliningrad region. A 36-year-old resident of the Pravdinsky district
poured oil and set fire to a refrigerated truck of a former employer who
did not pay him the wages he was owed. This was reported by the regional
Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on Thursday, December 14.
The arsonist was detained, and during interrogation he confessed to his
crime. The cabin and engine compartment of the car were burned out;
preliminary damage amounted to 300 thousand rubles. A criminal case has
been initiated under Part 2 of Art. 167 of the Criminal Code of the
Russian Federation ("Intentional destruction or damage to property by
arson"). The suspect faces up to five years in prison. (
https://klops.ru/kaliningrad/2023-12-14/285417-vypil-dlya-hrabrosti-i-szhyog-furu-byvshego-shefa-v-pravdinske-muzhchina-reshil-radikalno-borotsya-s-dolgami-po-zarplate
)

Samara. The Mekhzavod village and the Salyut gardening partnership were
left without heating for three days. Freezing people blocked the Moscow
highway to draw the attention of the authorities to their plight. The
problem affected, according to local residents, hundreds of houses. On
December 9, their electricity went out, including boiler houses and
heating apartments. As a result, in the midst of 20-degree frosts that
hit Samara in the last week, we were left without heat. Residents spent
a terrible weekend in unheated rooms, and on December 11, the breakdown
was corrected and houses gradually began to connect to the network.
However, the next day the problems returned - a second accident
occurred, again leaving people without heat and light. "We have been
fighting the frost for three days within the walls of our houses. Light
is provided literally for an hour, then the electricity is turned off
for a long time (seven to nine hours). The houses are all cooled down,
the system is frozen. The power provided for an hour is not enough to
start the boiler," the victims described their situation. On the evening
of December 12, the press service of the city administration reported
that two energy laboratories and a repair team were sent to correct the
situation to find the cause of the malfunction. An operational
headquarters was created. However, apparently, this was not enough to
calm people down - from their frozen homes, they took to the icy streets
and blocked the Moscow Highway. The residents succeeded in achieving
their goal of attracting the attention of the authorities. On the night
of December 12-13, the head of the city, Elena Lapushkina, went to the
scene. "Damage has been identified, repair work is underway, and the
cable will be restored in the near future. In addition, we are now
considering a backup power supply scheme in the village in order to
avoid such situations in the future," she said. At two o'clock in the
morning, the governor of the region, Dmitry Azarov, also recorded an
appeal, promising that he would keep the situation with heating and
electricity supply under control (
https://oboz.info/v-samare-zhiteli-perekryli-moskovskoe-shosse-iz-za-otklyuchennogo-v-moroz-otopleniya/
)

Sverdlovsk region. After protests against the construction of a landfill
in Sysert ( https://aitrus.info/node/6180 ), the Russian Ministry of
Agriculture spoke in favor of moving the site of its construction. A
corresponding appeal was sent to the government of the Sverdlovsk region
( https://newdaynews.ru/ekaterinburg/813291.html ).

Ulyanovsk After protests by city defenders, the authorities canceled on
December 5 the construction of luxury housing in one of the city's
historical districts. The corresponding order was issued by the chairman
of the regional government after the developer was forced to abandon
previous plans to build an elite residential complex on the historical
territory in the city center, which previously belonged to the Suvorov
Military School (SVU). The public - historians, architects and local
historians - was outraged by this and declared the need to transfer the
building of the Cadet Corps and the territory for the development of
museums and public spaces. The public movement "For the Preservation of
the Historical Heritage of the Ulyanovsk Region" proposed creating a
joint commission to develop a concept for the development of the
territory; at the rallies of the movement there were demands for the
resignation of the first deputy governor Igor Edel, under whose
leadership these decisions were made (he is currently in a pre-trial
detention center, he has been charged charge of receiving a bribe on an
especially large scale), but the regional government and the governor
did not respond to the calls. The co-chairman of the movement, Igor
Voevodin, at a personal reception with the Prosecutor General of the
Russian Federation Igor Krasnov, held in mid-November during his working
visit to Ulyanovsk, informed the head of the department about the
current situation, after which the Prosecutor General instructed the
prosecutor of the Ulyanovsk region "to prevent unlawful encroachment on
the cultural heritage of the country," reports Prosecutor General's
Office ( https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/6393639 )

Persecution of social activists

Kaliningrad. The authorities of the Kaliningrad region are seeking to
sue the social movement "Council of Region Residents". Based on their
complaint, the court found the organization guilty of using two forms
with a design similar to the coat of arms of the Kaliningrad region, and
sentenced them to a fine of 900 thousand rubles. In case of non-payment,
the movement faces dissolution. In addition, the Chairman of the
Council, Anton Gendrikson, was sentenced to a fine of 45 thousand
rubles. As he himself notes, "both letters on these forms led to very
positive decisions by the authorities." The first helped allocate money
from the budget for housing for a family from Pionersky with seventeen
minor children. The second (addressed to the Russian government) helped
to overturn several court decisions and break the scheme, thanks to
which regional officials took away state land, forest and dunes on the
Baltic Sea coast for development. The organization asks for help in
collecting money for a fine ( https://vk.com/gndrksn?w=wall170506316_12018 )

Kemerovo . In the village of Apanas, unknown people threw the severed
head of a dog onto the porch of the house of environmental activist
Oksana Laukart, according to the "Active Apanas" public page on
VKontakte. The window of her car was also broken. The woman perceived
what happened as an "act of intimidation" - "the wild 90s in Kuzbass did
not end." Residents of Apanas have long been protesting against open-pit
coal mining in the Novokuznetsk region. They "organized rallies and
public gatherings" because "coal miners are encroaching on their lands
and have a bad impact on the environment." The action against Laukart,
according to the Siberian Express telegram channel, was carried out
after she sent an appeal to the reception of the head of the
Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin. A meeting of activists
with the deputy head of the Investigative Committee for Kuzbass, Alexey
Tkach, was reportedly planned for November 14
(https://www.mk.ru/incident/2023/11/14/neizvestnye-podbrosili-otrezannuyu-golovu-sobaki-kuzbasskoy-ekoaktivistke.html
)

TERRITORIES OCCUPIED BY RUSSIAN TROOPS

Mariupol. Residents of one of the demolished houses came out to a rally,
demanding housing. They accepted an appeal to the Russian President. It
is alleged that the house on Nakhimov Street was demolished for a bribe,
and now they are going to build mortgage housing there (
https://v-variant.com.ua/ru/v-maryupole-zhytely-odnoho-yz-snesenn-kh-domov-v-shly-na-mytynh-vydeo/
)

UKRAINE

- In the Odessa microdistrict Luzanovka, after 4 days of no electricity
and heating, on the evening of November 29, residents blocked the road.
They demanded the arrival of the head of the administration. At the
insistence of the police, the protesters left the roadway, and traffic
was restored (
https://libcom.org/article/autumn-rise-social-struggle-across-ukraine )

- In Ukraine, there is another series of attacks on the property of
prosecutors. On November 4, two attacks were recorded at once. In the
Cherkasy region, at about 23:00, the unfinished house of the head of the
organizational and legal support department of the Cherkasy regional
prosecutor's office, Anna Volodina, was set on fire. The preliminary
damage is 500 thousand hryvnia. In the Chernihiv region, unknown persons
broke the windows in the car of the prosecutor of the Chernihiv regional
prosecutor's office, Evgeniy Lazarenko. Offenders face three to ten
years in prison. It is also reported that in the village of Minai near
Uzhgorod, the car of local prosecutor Alexander Trofimenkov was set on
fire
(https://libcom.org/article/autumn-wave-radical-direct-action-both-sides-front-line)

- On November 10, in the center of Kyiv, they tried to set fire to the
office of a local police officer. At night, a burning object was thrown
onto the roof of his office
(https://libcom.org/article/autumn-wave-radical-direct-action-both-sides-front-line)

- In the Dnepropetrovsk region on October 9, a former employee of
Dneprospetsremont LLC tied a grenade to the gate of the house of a
businesswoman-director of the company in retaliation for non-payment of
wages. The grenade exploded when the woman opened the gate. The attacker
was arrested, weapons were confiscated from his home
(https://libcom.org/article/autumn-wave-radical-direct-action-both-sides-front-line)

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