Residents of the village of Kozikha, Novosibirsk region In the Novosibirsk region, farmers are protesting against the mass slaughter of livestock. The authorities explain this by dangerous diseases and the threat of an epidemic. Farmers say they are not even shown documents justifying the destruction of their animals. In some villages, people organized resistance - they did not let the equipment and veterinary services come to pick up the animals. Security forces were involved in the raids.