Novosibirsk City Hall has banned a rally in support of farmers who lost their livestock.
Representatives of the Russian Communist Party of Internationalists announced a protest for March 29. They planned to express their opposition to the confiscation of livestock from farmers, demand a public and transparent investigation from Moscow, and express support for the affected villagers.
"Holding the declared public event would violate the legitimate interests of an unspecified group of people due to the dissemination of false information," the mayor's office argued in its refusal. Novosibirsk. It is not specified on what basis the city officials reached this conclusion.
However, the refusal did remind that the removal activities were carried out in accordance with veterinary safety regulations.
The day before, journalists from the publication Takie Dela published an investigation in which they stated that the drugs used by the veterinary service during the confiscation of livestock in Novosibirsk region, could only paralyze the muscles of cattle, leaving sensitivity and maintaining brain function during killing.
“Imagine: you can neither inhale nor exhale, but you are fully conscious because your brain is working – and in this state of terror you die,” explained the director of the Institute of Living Systems at DSTU. Alexey Ermakov.
Novosibirsk Oblast authorities reported the completion of the cattle "seizure" yesterday:
"There have been no new cases of pasteurellosis in animals in the region for 19 days. This confirms the timeliness and effectiveness of the measures taken."
The last animals to be “removed” were the family’s livestock Daria Mironenko from the village Goat. “We are not heroes, we are ordinary people who couldn’t,” - said the girl.
