11 June 2004 01:53
Nearly 100,000 attend June 10 union protest across Russia
Rallies were staged in 214 cities, towns and villages. Attendance
was largest in the Central and the Siberian Federal Districts, the
MOSCOW. June 11 (Interfax) - About 98,800 Russians attended trade union rallies across the country on June 10, an
official in the Russian Interior Ministry's Public Security Service press service told Interfax on Friday.
The police did not allow any disruptions of public order, he said,
lauding the efficient way in which the unions and non-government
official said.
organizations handled the events.
Police patrols keeping watch of the rallies were well instructed, he said. "In various parts of the country
local administration officials were told how to respond to possible provocations," the official said.
Meanwhile, Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia Chairman Mikhail Shmakov told Interfax on Thursday that
rallies to protest Cabinet bills to replace social benefits with cash payments were staged in over 1,000 towns and
cities and attended by nearly 1 million people. [RU EUROPE ASIA EMRG JOB CRIM] ap aw
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