Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Russian Pensioners Protest Abolition Of Free Public Transport - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2011

Russian Pensioners Protest Abolition Of Free Public Transport - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2011: "UST-ILIMSK, Russia -- Some 30 elderly residents in an eastern Russian city demonstrated today against a proposal that would abolish free public transport for pensioners, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.

Natalya Shestakova, secretary of the Communist Party Committee in the city of Ust-Ilimsk, told RFE/RL the party organized the protest in front of the city council building."