>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 19:10:13 EDT >Subject: Kusbass Trade Unionist and Family Fear Murder at Hands of Mafia >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >RUSSIA INFO-LIST >from International Solidarity with Workers in Russia - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >ISWoR web-site - http://members.aol.com/ISWoR/english/index.html >************************************************************ >Leading Trade Unionist and Family Fear Murder at Hands of Mafia > >(The following appeal is based on a letter from Igor Kuznetsov of the >Siberian Confederation of Labour. Many thanks to Pavel Slutsky for passing >this message to ISWoR, and to Stan Crooke for translation.) > >Vladimir Vorobiev, leader of the Confederation of Labour in the Kusbass city >of Anzhero-Sudzhensk, now fears for his life and that of his wife and 11-year >old son, as a result of his trade union activities . > >These activites have angered the local mafia , engaged in embezzling funds >provided by international credit for the reconstruction of mines in the area. >The union has already prevented their acquisition of 47 million roubles by >this means. > >Vorobiev organised the first blockade of the trans-Siberian railway in 1998, >during the "rail wars" which marked the first mass, organised explosion of >workers anger after many years of escalating misery. Tens of thousands of >workers took part in these actions, during which many local bosses and >administrators were blockaded in their offices by mass pickets. It inspired >the general strike some months later, in which millions took part. > > > Vorobiev was illegally sacked for his role in the rail wars and has been >blacklisted ever since. His family survive on the $12 per month earned by his >wife, plus donations from his fellow trade unionists. > >The local police have ignored a decree from the office of the General >Procurator of the Russian Federation guaranteeing protection of Vorobiev and >his family. But this is not at all surprising, as they thenselves are linked >to the mafia. > >A year ago another leading militant trade unionist, Oleg Maksakov, was >murdered at the hands of a mafia for investigating too deeply into the >affairs of the company Promstroi. > >There must be no more murders of trade unionists! The workers of >Anzhero-Sudzhensk are determined not to let Vorobiev become the next >Maksakov, and have appealed for the following: > >a) Funds to pay for security for Vorobiev and his family. > >b) Protest letters, emails, faxes etc to be sent immediately to the following >authorities, with the demand to IMMEDIATELY END THE THREATS AND PERSECUTION >OF VLADIMIR VOROBIEV! > >President of Russian Federation Vladimir PUTIN: 103132, Moscow, Staraya >Ploshad, 4, FAX: (+7 095) 206-02-66. >EMAIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Kemerovo Regional Administration >650099, Kemerovo City, Sovietsky Prospekt 62, >RUSSIA >Tel (+ 7- 384) 36 34 09 Fax (+ 7- 384) 23-31-56 >email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Procurator, Kemerovo Region, >Postal address: 650099 Kemerovo City, Krasnaya Street 24, RUSSIA > >City Procurator of Anzhero-Sudzhensk >Postal address: >652470 Anzhero-Sudzhensk City, Lenin Street 9, RUSSIA > >Please send copies of your protest letters to us too at [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that >we can measure the response. Thank you. >********************************************************** >The RUSSIA INFO-LIST >puts out information and analysis from a wide range of sources. Opinions >expressed in articles published on the list do not necessarily reflect the >views of ISWoR. > >If you have something you would like to distribute on Russia Info-List, or >want to help in our practical solidarity work, contact: >[EMAIL PROTECTED]< >Box R, 46 Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8RZ, England >*********************************************************** > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
