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Provocateurs from neighboring regions are trying to arrange mass riots at the whim, says the leadership of the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company. The situation at the Elan deposit was aggravated as a result of the "unauthorized rally" under the "political slogans", the statement published on the UMMC website said. The company refutes information about the beating of eco -activists by security, calling it "staging stocks." It is alleged that one of the geologists broke their heads with a brick and several chopovites received "fairly serious" injuries.

On the eve of the defenders of Hopra, they published photo and video survey of the brutal beating of eco-activists in the village of Elan-Kolono, where the Mednogorsk plant, part of the UMMC, conducts exploration.

On the fact of the fight, two criminal cases were instituted under Article 213 (hooliganism) and Article 115 (intentional infliction of easy harm to health), according to the website of the Voronezh department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

On Monday evening, eco -camp participants protesting against nickel production approached a metal fence with barbed wire, which, in their opinion, was installed illegally. Employees of the Patrol SKOP, opening the gate, began to beat the activists, then grabbed three people, dragged them by the fence to the fenced area, pushing the rest of the activists and the police. Closing the gate, they collectively beat the activists behind the fence, then throwing some through a two -meter metal sheet of the fence.

Igor Zhitenev, the chieftain of the cultural and national autonomy of Novokhopersk, lost consciousness when beating, his brain concussion was recorded, ribs were broken and his jaw was damaged. Activists have their teeth knocked out and his noses are broken. Two activists pierced their heads with stones. In total, more than ten people were affected, by many, electric skiers were used.

Photos and videos of the press service of the movement "In defense of the Hopra":

Beating eco -activists at the Yelansky field

Activists set up a peaceful protest camp at the Elanskoye field last weekend. On Sunday, they stopped working on the installation of a five -kilometer fence with a concrete foundation on the lands of agriculture.

The UMMC claims that the hooligans "tried to provoke the protection of the village for power actions." The company's management calls for federal authorities to intervene in the situation. "Given the multiplicity of the crowd involving hooligan actions, the presence in its composition of well -organized professional groups from other regions inciting to the riots, it is obvious that the forces of the district police and the efforts taken by it are not enough to suppress illegal actions," the UGMK statement said.

On Monday, the representative of the local Cossacks, Alexander Dolpolpyatov, began a hunger strike in the center of Novokhopersk. Several more local residents plan to join the hunger strike. The requirements of the starving and participants in the camp are a complete ban on non -ferrous metals in the Black Earth Region, the implementation of a program for sustainable development of the whim, attracting investments in agriculture and tourism.

On April 21, Cossacks held rallies in Moscow and Voronezh in defense of the Hopra.

Video Dmitry Zykova:

Cossacks protect the hoper

A public campaign against nickel mining in a whim started in early 2012, when the results of the competition for the development of the Elansky and Elkinsky deposits were summed up. Eco -activists demand a referendum.