Pig farm workers fined for blocking highway

Employees of the breeding and hybrid center (SGC) "Vishnevsky", where pigs are bred, were fined under Art. 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of the procedure for holding a public event). This was reported on the website 56orb.ru .

Eighteen people were fined 10,000 rubles each for protesting on September 11 against the raider seizure of the SGC and blocking the Orenburg-Sol-Iletsk highway, laying pig carcasses on the road.

The regional Ministry of Internal Affairs considered the incident a violation of the law on rallies:

On the fact of violation of the established procedure for organizing or holding a meeting, rally, demonstration, procession or picketing, administrative proceedings were initiated, and the driver of the tractor that blocked the roadway was also held liable.

In addition to ordinary employees, the director of the enterprise Vildan Muratov and his deputy Alexei Kanishchev were fined 50 thousand rubles. Materials about an administrative offense were also filed against the owner of the SGC, Viktor Zheleznov, but he managed to prove in court that he knew nothing about the picket.

A criminal case has been initiated against the leaders of the Vishnevsky State Center for embezzlement of budget funds. In turn, members of the board of the enterprise claim that “some competent” people are blackmailing them in connection with the criminal prosecution.