Instead of forced labor, the coordinator of the miners' protest received a suspended sentence

The Krasnosulinsky District Court of the Rostov Region has changed the sentence for Valery Dyakonov, coordinator of the protest of miners in the city of Gukovo, who was sentenced in September to 60 hours of forced labor for threatening to kill the deputy head of the administration of the city of Zverevo. on March 1 This was reported by Kavkazsky Uzel.

The court of appeal ruled to change the sentence - Dyakonov received a year of suspended imprisonment with restriction of movement and a ban on attending public events. According to the activist himself, the change in the sentence is connected with the desire of local authorities to prevent him from continuing to provide support and legal assistance to the miners of Gukovo, who are trying to achieve payment of wage arrears.

On September 26, Dyakonov was sentenced to forced labor for pulling out a gun and allegedly threatening the deputy head of the Zverevo administration with it in his office. According to Dyakonov, it was a gas pistol "Walter", and he took it out to explain his words that he was forced to carry a weapon with him because of incoming threats.

The miners of the enterprise of the Kingcoal group of companies are demanding the payment of a multi-million dollar debt and the issuance of ration coal. From August 21 to September 27, the protesters went on a hunger strike and, as a result, achieved that the funds began to flow into their accounts. However, on October 15 the payments stopped and the miners declared their readiness to resume the hunger strike.