Yakutsk: Residents went to a rally against raising tariffs

In the center of Yakutsk today was a rally against raising tariffs for utilities and fuel. More than 60 people entered the protest. They are unhappy with the plans of regional officials to approve new tariffs, which, according to protesters, will be significantly higher than the previous ones. The organizer of the rally Erel Vasiliev said Siberia. Reali that this decision will lead to the rise in price of most products and services, which will seriously hit the budget of the poor population of the republic.

“Why in countries and regions where there is no oil and gas, fuel is much cheaper than in Yakutia, where the gas deposit to Yakutsk is essentially less than 500 kilometers? I believe that the supervisory authorities should not silently observe, but should figure it out,” the civil activist said.

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In their hands, the rally participants held the main banner with the slogan "There is no growth of tariffs for fuel and lubricants, gas, electricity, housing and communal services!". The action passed peacefully, without incident.

According to its results, a resolution was adopted, in which the protesters demanded a verification of the validity and legality of the approval of high energy tariffs planned as of July 1, 2018. And also to control the activities of natural monopolies. The document was signed by more than 100 people, in the coming days it will be sent to the State Assembly of the Republic, the Prosecutor's Office and other regulatory authorities.

Svetlana Tobolaeva, spokeswoman for the State Committee for the Central Priva Policy of Yakutia, told Siberia. Reali that to date, the department is not yet ready to publish documents with the justification for raising tariffs-they will be published after a long agreement.

Earlier, the authorities of Yakutia refused the organizers of the rally to conduct it. However, after the trial won, the second application was agreed and the protest was allowed to be held in the city center. Earlier, officials allowed all the public actions of the opposition exclusively on the city outskirts.