Arrest of a newspaper distributor in the Irkutsk region
On November 25, 2005, trade union activist Alexander Kolyvanov was arrested in the city of Shelekhov, Irkutsk Region, for distributing newspapers at the Irkutsk aluminum plant (IrkAZ, part of the SUAL holding). Alexander Kolyvanov distributed a newspaper at the plant calling for the creation of independent trade unions. On the morning of November 25, 2005, police, accompanied by plant guards, searched Kolyvanov's apartment in Shelekhov, after which he was taken to the police department. Then A.