Protesting farmers called the meeting in the Ministry of Agriculture a waste of time

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Agrariev of the Krasnodar Territory, participating in the tractor march, was invited to Moscow to meet with the President of Russia. The plans were changed on the spot: so far instead of Putin with farmers there were members of the HRC, representatives of the regional administration and already on Friday, September 23, a meeting at the Ministry of Agriculture took place.

However, in the department, not even his head Alexander Tkachev came to a meeting with the farmers, as previously expected , but the “Deputy Minister for Non -important Affairs,” as the chairman of the Federal Village Council, Vasily Melnichenko, who represented the interests of farmers, and the leaders of several departments of the ministry.

“We are disappointed that we were forced to spend considerable funds on the road, encouraged, and in the end we brought with people far from the problems of the Kuban,” said the head of the KFH Oleg Petrov. - They answered all questions that this was not in their competence. Then whose? And why called? ”

“On the facts of raiding, officials could not say anything. On the courts and Pais - too. How to stop lawlessness in villages and areas, restore order in the agrarian sector - again “not in our management,” farmer Nikolai Maslov is indignant. “We will re -turn to the president.”

According to the chairman of the association of Russian carriers Andrei Bazhutin, neither farmers nor truckers are going to stop, they will continue the struggle for their rights.

“We will go out into the street. It will be either rallies or marches, runs until they hear us. There is no choice. And people are ready, ”explains Bazhutin. - We understood before the current trip to Moscow that there was little chance of success, but we had to use a chance. Arrived. Nothing is done. The authorities do not hear us. "

“In order to prevent riots and uprising, you need to complete the reform. Correcting the situation in one village, no one will save the neighboring difficulties. The letter of Moskalkova ( the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation ) or the decision of the Ministry of Agriculture will not change anything, ”Vasily Melnichenko believes. - The only competent authority that can understand the situation is the president. We must only meet him. ”