In Khakassia one more month of starving miners set a date for the self-immolation

Starving in Khakassia miners who went on hunger strike on September 3 , desperate to the point that going to commit self-immolation if the government does not pay attention to their demands. 14 retirees , the oldest of which is 75 years old, require the payment of salaries for the year 2001 , as well as an increase to the pension, reported IA " Khakassia " .

During the month, the miners mine " Yenisei ", which changed its name several times , and not in the registry , to get the attention of the state. Today, organizer and participant in the hunger strike Valery Kayava said that one of the miners , driven to despair , is about to commit an act of self-immolation


The place and time as already defined: Gennady Romanenko burn themselves in Chernogorsk on New Year's area 15 October at 12:00 .

"We are starving miners Chernogorsk Republic of Khakassia, after a month of slow death in a private garage , we see that from the state, we do not get the money we earned and so-called " social guarantees " - Meal coal, compensation for heating in comfortable housing and 15 % " coffin " , - says the statement of retired miners on the website of Independent Trade Unions of Khakassia.

" We all went out on strike in desperation , to disregard related to us ," - explains the miners . Meanwhile, the deputy head of the republic Nikolay Popov said that he was aware of the plans to burn himself Romanenko . According to officials, Abakan Mining Company has paid off with the miners . Popov intends to test it, to understand the cause of discontent of miners.

Recall that on October 4 starving , their wives and supporters took to the unsanctioned meeting "in order to attract the attention of the Governor Viktor Zimin to their problems ."