In the Chelyabinsk region, a participant of “Stop GOK” is threatened with arson at her house

In the Chelyabinsk region, Olga Yakovets, a participant in the “Stop GOK” movement, has received threats. About this is on the movement’s page on VKontakte.

It is reported that Yakovets is being threatened with arson at his house. Activists also wrote that on April 23, a car from the Russian Copper Company, which is engaged in the construction of the Tominsky Mining and Processing Plant, was on duty at the activist’s house. “Stop GOK” participants link the situation to the picket that took place on April 20.

RIA “New Day” woman’s comment about what is happening: “This is not the first time, at one time there was an unknown car parked outside my house every day until they made a fuss on social networks.” Yakovets believes that in this way they want to put pressure on her.

cites She also noted that she is regularly insulted on social networks for her position on the construction of the Tominsky GOK. The activist received threats to set fire to her house in the same way: “We live in a dead end, and the neighbors are afraid that they will burn down along with my house.”

Because Yakovets said that on April 25 a local police officer came to see her. He stated that a statement was filed against her - allegedly she used obscene language in public places. The activist claims that the statement was written by opponents who came to the picket on April 20: “They came, insulted me in every possible way, cursed, rushed to fight, provoked me.”

The woman tried to draw the attention of the district police officer to the behavior of those who filed the application. In response, the police officer demanded that she write an explanation, but the woman refused, citing Article 51 of the Constitution. Yakovets added that when the local police officer came out, he said that she “needs to put cameras everywhere.”

• The Stop GOK movement actively opposes the construction of the plant. Previously, especially active opponents of construction conflicted primarily with security guards and aggressive young people who were hired by the Russian Copper Company engaged in construction. The authorities regularly prevent rallies against the mining and processing plant and open administrative and even criminal cases against activists. about this conflict. Apparently OVD-Info told - In February and March 2018 in Chelyabinsk and Kopeysk, on the walls there were insults against activists and their relatives and calls for the murder of Stop GOK activist Sergei Belogorokhov. leaflets and signs appeared