2017 Daghestan Lorry Strike

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Customs post inspected after Daghestan lorry driver protest

by OC Media

•3 min read

A group of protesting lorry drivers in Daghestan have said they are now satisfied, after the government conducted an inspection of the customs post on the Azerbaijani border. They say that there are no longer queues and they no longer have to pay bribes at customs control. The drivers had been demanding an apology from a customs officer captured in a video in which another official called them ‘fools’, and spoke of extorting money from drivers. Authorities told the drivers the official spea

2017 Daghestan Lorry Strike

Daghestani lorry drivers protest after insult from customs officer

by OC Media

•3 min read

On 31 October, several dozen Daghestani lorry drivers gathered at the customs post on the Azerbaijani border demanding an apology for insults directed at them by a Daghestani customs officer. The demonstration came in response to a video widely circulated on social media in which a customs official at the post demands a bribe from an Azerbaijani lorry driver, calling his Daghestani colleagues ‘fools’. ‘Don’t look at these fools, the Daghestanis, who tell you things at the checkpoint

2017 Daghestan Lorry Strike

Daghestani lorry drivers may return to strike

by OC Media

•1 min read

Lorry drivers in Daghestan, who ended a month long strike on 28 April, warned the government on 11 May that if their demands are not met, they will go back on strike. ‘MPs of the State Duma met with us. They promised us that they would solve our problems. They asked for time for that. We gave them time — two months’, Rustam Mallamagomedov, one of the strikers told OC Media. Russia-wide protests against the ‘Platon’ road tax began on 27 March. In the North Caucasus, Daghestani lorry driver

2017 Daghestan Lorry Strike

Lorry driver strike ends in Daghestan

by OC Media

•2 min read

On 28 April, Daghestani lorry drivers ended their strike against the ‘Platon’ road tax. The strike lasted 33 days in total. One protester, Abdurashid Samarov, told OC Media that they decided to end the strike after meeting with State Duma deputies on 28 April. ‘We wanted to pass on our demands personally to the deputies, and they listened to us. They can’t abolish “Platon”, but they are trying to meet our conditions at a regional level’, Samadov said. Lorry drivers began to disperse on

2017 Daghestan Lorry Strike

Daghestani lorry drivers ‘may end strike’

by OC Media

•2 min read

Protesting lorry drivers in Daghestan are expecting to meet today with deputies of the Russian Duma. According to the protesters, the outcome of the meeting will determine whether or not the strike continues. Abdurashid Samadov, a participant of the strike, informed OC Media that the majority of the protesters had asked to meet with the parliamentarians. ‘Three MPs agreed to meet us here, to see the drivers with their own eyes, to hear us. We plan to introduce our demands once again. We a

2017 Daghestan Lorry Strike

Daghestanis block federal motorway in support of detained lorry drivers

by OC Media

•2 min read

Residents of the Daghestani village of Kayakent blocked the federal motorway connecting Makhachkala with the city of Derbent on 24 April, demanding the release of two detained lorry drivers. View larger map On Monday evening, several dozen people blocked the Kavkaz federal motorway for several hours. Their main demand was the release of two lorry drivers from Kayakent, who had been participating in protests against the Platon road tax. Relatives of the detainees joined the blockade, whi

2017 Daghestan Lorry Strike

Daghestani lorry driver strike continues

by OC Media

•2 min read

Lorry drivers gathered in the Daghestani village of Manas are continuing to protest against the Platon road tax. The protests in Daghestan, which are part of a wider nationwide movement, are now entering their 25th day, and show few signs of ending. On 18 April, Maksim Shevchenko, a member of the Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, came to meet the protesters in Manas, 30 km south of Makhachkala. About 1,000 lorry drivers joined the meeting. ‘Shevch