UKRAINE: DONETSK PENSIONERS TAKE TO STREETS AGAIN.(Brief Article)

From: IPR Strategic Business Information Database | Date: September 18, 2000 | Copyright information

Some 3,000 pensioners in Donetsk took to the streets again on 11 September, less than two weeks after their recent protest action, Interfax reported. The protesters demanded that local authorities grant official status to the Russian language in the region, "stabilize" prices for bread and necessities, lower utility payments, and increase minimum wages and pensions. After staging a picket at ...

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