Paul Goble
Staunton, April 30 – The decision of
drivers in Daghestan to suspend their strike now that talks with republic
officials have begun has not been followed by most other long-haul truckers
elsewhere in Russia, presumably because officials in their regions and
republics have not been as fearful or forthcoming as those in Daghestan.
Among truckers who are continuing to
strike are those in Tyumen, another major center of the work action (72.ru/text/newsline/293248283463680.html?full=3). And drivers in Daghestan reiterated their plans to
resume the strike if and when officials don’t make concessions (chernovik.net/content/lenta-novostey-respublika/my-ne-uhodim-delaem-pauzu-kak-razoshlis-dagestanskie).
Meanwhile, Yekaterinburg
truckers took part in an Open Russia demonstration there, but for their
involvement, at least some of them were detained (ystav.com/miting-otkrytoy-rossii-v-ekaterinburge-zakonchilsya-zaderzhaniyami/).
But Volgograd drivers said they would press ahead with plans to join the
May Day celebrations (kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/301927/).
The Volgograd truckers did
vacate the park where they had assembled, but they collectively pledged to
continue their protest either by keeping their trucks parked at home or by reassembling
after the holidays (novostivolgograda.ru/news/society/30-04-2017/dalnoboyschiki-volgograda-lager-snimaetsya-protest-prodolzhaetsya-16a5beb9-b749-4e21-a57a-dea369719ad3).
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