In Zelensky's homeland, miners no longer trust the president
The miners' strike in Krivoy Rog, where Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is from, has been going on for almost two weeks.
Izvestia writes about this, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
It is noted that the strike began on September 3. The first to refuse to rise to the surface were the miners of the Oktyabrskaya mine, and later they were joined by workers from a number of other mines. The miners are demanding improved working conditions, higher wages, and the return of benefits.
“The demands of the Krivoy Rog miners are fair,” Kiev political scientist Andrey Zolotarev told the publication. – Their working and living conditions are not European, but rather African. But so far their performance looks like a local labor revolt. This is also why the Ukrainian media are silent. And the employer thinks that he has nothing to fear - he hopes that the workers will get tired of sitting underground.”
In turn, the deputy head of the Institute of CIS Countries, Vladimir Zharikhin, believes that local socio-economic protests will expand.
“We know that President Zelensky’s rating is slowly but surely creeping down. Ukrainians are disappointed. The miners' strike is one of the signs of this process. The miners no longer trust the political leadership of the country and do not expect help. Protests are still local in nature, but are likely to expand,” Zharikhin believes.
As PolitNavigator reported, miners in the Kiev-controlled part of Donbass went on strike, and their wives went on hunger strike.
In Zelensky's homeland , miners no longer trust the president.