The police actively prevent new mass action against the truckers “Plato” – Information Agency “Khakassia”

        Khakassia,
 02/21/16 8:00
               

The participants started on February 20 a new mass rally truckers many Russian regions with the demand to abolish the system of “Plato”, charged money for travel with heavy-drivers, faced with active opposition from the police.

The new protest camp truckers appeared in St. Petersburg in the parking lot of the shopping mall “Mega” on the street Dybenko. Last night there entered and stood more than a dozen trucks, said in his blog on “Echo of Moscow” radio station journalist Arseny Vesnin.

However, it soon caught up to law enforcement officers, who began to obstruct the entry of new trucks in a makeshift camp. Also, the police appeared to claim the banner that hung protesters in their cars.

In this context, opponents of “Plato” painted over the mention of the “United Russia” on a stretch, but the police were not satisfied. Security forces required to remove the posters, threatening otherwise the arrival of riot police and detention, said Vesnin at Twitter.

The police then started to rip themselves banners with cars, and soon began the promised arrest them. According Vesnina, arrested five truck, which drove in Vsevolozhsk in the 128th Police Department.

Protesters in St. Petersburg did not intend to give up and are going to stand there at least until the beginning of March. By the way, they have banners and political slogans. In particular, the requirement of fair elections, says journalist

Another new camp truckers both pitched in Vologda, where there was a similar situation. There’s police have detained one protester and threatens others, Vesnin said.

Earlier, a spokesman for truckers already 2.5 months in the camp in the Moscow suburb of Khimki, Taisiya Nikitenko told reporters that from 20 February to 1 March will host a new mass strike heavy-drivers “who are calling not to take orders and not to go in flight.” According to her, participating in the strike and in Khimki, and the region in this action involving truckers 43 regions of the country

A member of the coordinating council of Yaroslavl truckers Sergei Sadikov told “Interfax” that the truckers of the Yaroslavl region on February 20.: “currently we are participating in the strike in Khimki. Drivers of heavy-Yaroslavl region return from flights and car parks are at home”.

“Plato” The system has earned in Russia from November 15 last year. She collects tolls from trucks, hoisting capacity more than 12 tons. As planned, the money should go to the road fund as compensation for the destruction of traces of heavy vehicles

However, the introduction of this system has encountered social protests and accompanied by numerous plates -. Both technical and bureaucratic. Striking truckers have swept across Russia

The opposition leader Alexei Navalny says that the system is “Plato” was created and works in the interest of “friend of Putin,” the son of Arkady Rotenberg -. Igor, who became co-owner collection system operator fee “RT-Invest transport systems “(RTITS), owned by the state corporation” Rostec “and” RT-invest. “