| On January 31, 2010, Gelendzhik YABLOKO conducted a meeting
of protest against destruction of the Utrish relict lagoons,
where the Presidential Property Management Department planned
to build a “sports and recreation complex” and Administration
of the Krasnodar Area – commercial buildings. Public protest
action took place by the city Administration building.
And already on February 5, Sergei Buldakov, leader of the
local YABLOKO branch was informed that he was transferred
to another work place located in 57 km from his current place.
Alexander Umitbayaev, Director General of the Vodokanal municipal
state company, where Buldakov worked informed Buldakov of
this transfer.
Buldakov said that this is how local authorities decided
to show him that such political activities were undesirable.
Buldakov has already prepared an application to court, as
in accordance with Russia’s Labour Code transfer to another
work place is possible only in “extraordinary circumstances”.
This was not the first attempt to dismiss Buldakov. Thus,
in June 2009, as soon as Gelendzhik Civil Control Committee
was established Umitbayaev demanded that Buldakov should resign.
He also told that if Buldakov resisted they would find other
ways to get rid of him.
Broad public resonance and interest of mass media to this
case made the heads of the Vodokanal to abolish their attempts
to dismiss YABLOKO’s activist then. However, looks like now
they have resumed their actions against the dissenting.
See also:
Human
Rights
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