Truckers movement of “12 tonnes”, which unites more than 450 drivers have sent an open letter to Genprokuraturu and the Investigative Committee (IC) with complaints of threats from their colleagues who plan to hold on March 27 the all-Russian strike. The text of the appeal published on the website of the movement “Vkontakte”.
“Over the past few days on the page of our movement “12 tons” the Internet has received a number of complaints from drivers that they are encouraged to take part in a protest on 27 March and in case of refusal, threatened to break all the Windows, and so on”, — is reported on the page. In particular, drivers who refuse to participate in the strike, warned that “maybe the stone fly”.
Also, the report quoted the words of Alexander Rastorguev, a member of the Association of initiative citizens of Russia (TIGER) and one of the organizers of the strike: “If you want to keep your car and life safe, think to go whether this day, the expected rockfalls and lightning strikes”.
Earlier media reported that Russian truckers March 27, will begin an indefinite strike against the system “Platon” and increase of tariffs for journey of trucks on Federal highways. As stated by the “Rosbalt” the Chairman of Association of carriers of Ukraine (ODA) Andrew Bogutin, the main goal of the campaign is to sit down at the negotiating table. The organizers of the strike said that they support about 80 percent of Russian carriers.