08:54, 26 November 2015

One hundred truckers attend protest action in Rostov Region

Heavy trucks during protest action. Photo by Murad Muradov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

In the Kamensky District of the Rostov Region, truck drivers held a picket against the introduction of heavy vehicle toll for the use of federal highways.

Truck drivers from a number of Russian regions are protesting against the system introduced on November 15 for collection of tolls from trucks for the use of roads of federal significance. Carriers treat the tolls as too high and point to the lack of infrastructure for the control over the system "Platon", introduced for collection of tolls.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on November 11, truck drivers from the Rostov Region supported the all-Russian protest action against the imposition of truck toll for the use of federal highways.

On November 25, in the Kamensky District, 100 people formed a line on the roadside of the highway. In their hands, they were holding posters with slogans against the introduction of the system "Platon" for collection of tolls for the use of federal highways. The protesters also used loudspeakers to voice their demands, the "Bloknot Rostov-on-Don" reports.

The protest action of truck drivers lasted for about three hours. No incidents with the police and passing-by cars occurred, the "Delovoy Kvartal" reports.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.