Journalists' hunger protest

November 20, 2006, Svatove, Luhansk region.

A plot about a hunger strike by journalists from the independent publication "Svatovskie Vedomosti" due to an increase in heating tariffs. The square near the city council, protesters near the Lenin monument warming themselves by a bonfire, a tent with banners, an ambulance, Svatove city council, a boiler room, a copy of the newspaper "Svatovskie Vedomosti".

Comments: participants in the protest, journalists; Svatove mayor Mykola Sherstyuk; head of the Svatove district of "Teplokomunenergo" Yuriy Karptsev.

Reference: an indefinite hunger strike was declared in protest against an increase in heating tariffs from 0.53 UAH to 10 UAH per square meter. The protesters demanded the return of the old tariffs before the end of the heating season, the convening of an extraordinary session of the City Council, the creation of a permanent commission to control the quality of Teplokomunenergo services, and the informing of residents about its work. The hunger protest ended on November 22, 2006, but the protesters stated that they would continue to fight for the rights of residents.