Paul
Goble
Staunton, June 3 – Twenty long-haul
drivers, some in their rigs and others in their private cars, rallied for two
hours on the ring rod about Yekaterinburg today, the latest protest against the
Plato fee system drivers oppose and have been striking against in various ways
since the end of March.
The event, which had been approved
in advance by the local authorities for the number of vehicles involved, received
extensive coverage in the local and regional media but none in
government-controlled Moscow outlets (nakanune.ru/news/2017/6/3/22472061/,
The
trucks taking part featured a variety of signs denouncing the Plato system and
saying that the only beneficiaries of it are the oligarchs. Some drivers expressed concern that while
they were taking part in the rally, officials might try as they have in other
locations to dig a trench around where they had been parked in order to
disorder the continuing strike.
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