Irkutsk: On Thursday, residents will hold a rally against rising gas prices

Due to the sharp increase in fuel, residents of the Irkutsk region will be released on Thursday, June 7, to the protest. The organizers report that they have already agreed with the mayor's rally for a thousand people on the Kirov Square.

A week ago, drivers of the regional center had already held a spontaneous boycott - on May 26, about 20 cars stopped at the Rosneft gas station in the Baikalsky microdistrict. Drivers pretended that their car broke, but did not interfere with the entrance of other cars to the columns. Later, the traffic police drove up to the gas station, the drivers were fined for the fact that they did not put signs that warn about the breakdown.

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Protest shares due to growth in fuel prices began in May in several regions of Russia. The first was Dagestan, where gasoline was very rise in price in early May - on May 20, at the car market on the Makhachkala - Derbent, drivers held a rally. On Monday, in the city of Bratsk, the Irkutsk region, there was a rally against raising gas prices. Drivers of Novosibirsk Picket against rising gas prices were held on May 31 on the square in front of the State Public Scientific and Technical Library. In Omsk, a rally on the same topic took place on June 1.

According to the Avtospravochnaya.com portal, the fuel at the Russian gas stations has been getting risers without stopping for several weeks in a row: continuous price increase has been going on since the end of March 2018, and in May 2018 its pace has accelerated greatly.