Unknown provocateurs wanted to gather participants of the protests of farmers to the fictitious forum. By assumption, farmers, fictitious meeting was organized by the security forces to arrest activists.
On September 22 the man who introduced himself as employee of the information Agency “Seven seas”, a member of the Public oversight Commission of the Krasnodar territory Olga Golubyatnikov began collecting farmers Pavlovsky and Caucasian areas who traveled to Moscow and met with members of the presidential Council on human rights, to meet with journalists, politicians and environmentalists. About it “Caucasian Knot” reported Olga Golubyatnikova.
The meeting was held on September 27th in Yeysk.
“The provocateur said that the meeting will be held a round table with participation of the members of the Yabloko party and environmentalists. We were promised that there will be a member of the political Council of the “Yabloko” Sergei Mitrokhin, “the 5th channel”, the “Echo Moskvy, “Kommersant” and J. ofplates of the Italian edition of “Republic”. Allegedly Sergei Mitrokhin will hold a round table on the problem of ballot box stuffing in the elections and raider attacks”, — said a member of the PMC.
Social worker called farmers and was invited to the event. “As we gather at 15:00 on 27 September near the cafe in the hotel “Yeysk”. Came to the farmers of the Kuban and Rostov-on-don. However, it turned out that the room in the hotel for the meeting, no one rented”, — said Olga Golubyatnikova.
One of the journalists, politicians and environmentalists on the spot.
Just Yeisk arrived 30 participants “tractor March”, in turn, said the leader of the movement “friendly farmers” Alexey Volchenko.
According to him, farmers brought their instruments and waited for the meeting with state Duma deputies from the Communist party, representatives of the party “Yabloko” and with journalists.” “It was a provocation of special services, I’m sure. To our cars in Yeysk immediately began to catch up with people in civilian clothes, we started to shoot on video. Everywhere was tinted cars”, — said Alexey Volchenko.
According to him, farmers “were shocked by the fact that the cafe in the country was not the promised journalists and politicians”. “We wanted to gather in one place and again to arrest, we believe this. Otherwise I don’t understand why it was necessary to organize such a provocation”, — said Volchenko.
“Our protest is just finally want to stifle, and that are arranged such provocations,” — says Volchenko.
The “chance” coincidence in the same cafe where he was to meet, was Plenipotentiary representative of the Governor of Krasnodar Krai on interaction with farmers Vyacheslav Lakoduk, accompanied by two employees of the regional administration.
The Plenipotentiary of the Governor asserts that the event in Eysk, he knew nothing. “I happened to be in a cafe, next to which were the farmers, while in Yeisk district, in a working trip. Activist Volchenko I have not seen. And the farmers were there confused, some of them came from Taganrog, and it is 290 kilometers from Yeysk. I handed out business cards, invited” — says the official.
According to Vyacheslav Ligadura, no provocation in the attitude of farmers was not. “Just a member of the PMC Olga Golubyatnikova trusted incompetent people who are unable to arrange the promised event”, — said Vyacheslav Legkogo.
Recall that since the end of February 2016, the group of activists spoke about a “tractor March” in Moscow, designed to draw the attention of the government to the problems of farmers of Krasnodar region, whose lands through judicial decisions selected agricultural holdings.
As reported by “Voice of Kuban”, August 21 in the village of Kazan in the courtyard of a farmer Oleg Petrov passed the meeting which participants have accused large agricultural holdings, primarily affiliated with the Minister of agriculture Alexander Tkachev, ZAO Agrokompleks name N. And. Tkachev,” the weaning of land units and the destruction of farms.
There have also been accusations of corruption of judges of the Krasnodar region and the regional officials. The evening of the same day, the convoy of 17 tractors and accompanying machinery moved to Moscow, where farmers planned to seek a personal meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The column managed to travel about 200 miles, about ten cut it for check of documents was stopped by inspectors of traffic police.
On 22 August the convoy was blocked by security forces in the village Road the Rostov region, after which riot police forcefully seized organizers of the run.
The organizers of the March departed from three to ten days of administrative arrest.
