Miners from all regions of Ukraine gather in Kiev to protest, They demand from the authorities to exert influence on the settlement of the situation in the coal industry and to pay wage arrears.
On Tuesday in Kiev began the third Congress of miners of Ukraine, to discuss the question of limiting the situation in the coal industry. According to the head of the independent Union of miners of Ukraine Mykhaylo Volynets, on Wednesday to protest will more than 2, 5 thousand miners.
now several hundred miners gathered near the October Palace in Kiev, where a Congress of miners. They have plans to picket the building of bodies of state power, for example, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the presidential administration. Miners gathered under the slogan: "Give the miners is not a handout but an opportunity to earn ", "Stop destroying the industry" and others.
in connection with the action on the approaches to the building of the presidential administration increased the number of police officers who blocked the track to the administration.
Ukraine due to the conflict in the Donbass lost the vast number of mines. On beyond the control of Kiev remained the most profitable mines, and companies, remaining under the control of the authorities of Ukraine, produce unprofitable gas coals. Most of these plants unprofitable, the government has no money for their maintenance, for this reason, it is expected that a phased closure.
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