Communications were cut off in a Novosibirsk village where residents were protesting the slaughter of livestock. About 30 police cars arrived, and arrests began.
🔸 Video of a convoy of police cars moving towards the village Novoklyuchi, опубликовал The Telegram channel "Novosibirsk Life" also reported that residents' communications had been cut off.
🔸 A little later appeared A video showed a group of riot police with shields and batons walking down a street. The bus carrying the security forces was also captured on camera.
"The owners are not there, they are breaking into the territory, — the author of the video said. — People come up, but don't let anyone through. The cattle are euthanized."
🔸 Eyewitnesses report that the police have already subdued and taken away a local resident who was filming their actions on his phone.
🔸 Novoklyuchi is located 400 km from Novosibirsk. It is one of four villages where residents out Protests against the mass slaughter of livestock. People block roads to prevent emergency vehicles from passing, and police use force to clear the way.
🔸 There is no information on the exact number of detainees. According to local Telegram channels, at least two men were detained on March 11, and another on March 10. Also today was detained journalist Ivan Frolov, who covered the protests.
🔸 Authorities declareQuarantine has been imposed in six districts due to an outbreak of pasteurellosis and rabies. However, residents claim that the animals were not tested for pasteurellosis and that they did not observe any signs of rabies. The slaughter of the animals began last week, and even residents of Novosibirsk are complaining of the smell from the burning of their carcasses.
🔸 Today, an independent deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Novosibirsk Region Vyacheslav Ilyukhin demanded that the legality of the authorities' actions in confiscating the animals be verified.
“They enter private farms, they enter houses, they simply take healthy [animals] from people – well, at least no one claims that they are sick, no one has done tests,” was outraged He. - "The veterinary service isn't working as it should be. There's no evidence that the animal is infected. Yet, they're still taking the cows and simply killing them."
🔸 Ilyukhin also condemned the actions of security forces who are detaining village residents.
"Law enforcement detained people who went to defend themselves. What are we even doing?! These are outrageous things happening, in my opinion, some kind of brutality, some kind of nonsense! How can you fight against your own people like this?!"
Video: Novosibirsk Life, Mash Siberia
