Russia: Coal Miners Block the Railroad · Global Voices
Alexey Sidorenko

Desperate coal miners in Mezhdurechensk [EN] (Kemerovo region, Siberia) blocked the Transsiberian Railroad and were suppressed by the police (video here [RUS] and here [RUS]). Miners claim that the official data on the casualties in the May 9 Raspadskaya mine explosion [EN] were underestimated. Their official appeal is here [RUS]. The Vkontakte group covering the event was allegedly closed [RUS] by FSB.