In Nakhodka, police detained two participants in the strike against a chemical plant

Police in Nakhodka detained two participants in a strike against the construction of a mineral fertilizer plant. Opponents of the plant’s construction are reporting this on Instagram, and the groups “Eco. watch of the Primorsky Territory”, as well as in “Protest Russia”.

page page article The police detained a representative of the Union of SSR trade union, Vladimir Belyaev, and a participant in the action, Alexander Lomay. What, according to the police, was the basis for the arrest is unknown. Participants of the action note that the action took place in the format of a strike.

Belyaev said on video that he was detained at about 2 p.m. local time. Both detainees were taken to the police department, but which one was not reported in the publications.

Lomaya said on the recording that the police are probably going to draw up reports against the detainees under the article on violation of rules during a public event (Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code).

“I believe that they want to impute to us the 54th Federal Law (the Law “On Meetings, Rallies, Demonstrations, Processions and Pickets” -), from which we do not at all start. Since we are starting from the 10th Federal Law (the Law “On Trade Unions, Their Rights and Guarantees of Activities”): on trade unions, on strikes, and not on rallies,” Lomaya said.

OVD-Info OVD-Info The detainees were left at the police station overnight until the trial. About this on the page of opponents of the construction of the plant on Instagram.

19:35 reported - Construction of a mineral fertilizer plant (NZMU) has begun in Nakhodka. Local residents and representatives of the Union of SSR trade union believe that the plant is dangerous for the city: it can poison the air, soil and sea in the Nakhodka area and negatively affect people’s health. In addition, residents are outraged that the plant began to be built without providing them with permits. - At the end of June, representatives of the trade union, including Vladimir Belyaev, with the head of the city and representatives of the NZMU, however, could not reach an agreement. met