Miners hold pro-Russia rally in Donetsk | World news

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  • For sale : Heavily subsidized, unprofitable state-owned Ukrainian coal mines
    http://www.kyivpost.com/content/business/ukrainian-mines-on-sale-350079.html

    Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers on May 29 ordered the State Property Fund to prepare an auction of 38 state-owned coal mines as part of a cost-saving measure in line with International Monetary Fund requirements. Most of these mines are loss-making and, moreover, enjoy direct subsidies from the central government to stay afloat.

    Last year, the mines were propped up with nearly $1.8 billion of financial aid to ensure salaries get paid. Former President Viktor Yanukovych, a native of the coal-mining Donbas region, paid special attention to the needs of miners, many of whom were his electorate.

    However, the current government’s austerity measure plans to cut subsidies to the coal mines by $230 million, coupled with privatization plans are part of this policy, said First Deputy Energy Minister Yuriy Zyukov on May 29.

    En résumé, le seul intérêt, c’est que c’est pas cher (on s’attend à un prix moyen de l’ordre de 1 hryvnia , environ 10 centimes d’euro, par mine).

    Le reste de l’article énumère pourquoi, c’est vraiment le moment d’acheter :
    • le gouvernement va diminuer ses subventions
    • il a été extrait au total (et officiellement) 86 millions de tonnes de charbon, dont 61 pour la consommation intérieure, 6 pour l’exportation et le reste, 19 millions de tonnes tout de même, venu s’entasser dans les parcs à charbon…
    • ce surplus est de piètre qualité,
    • le gouvernement vient d’annuler les projets d’investissement dans la gazéification du charbon
    • cerise sur le gâteau, les mines sont toutes situées dans le Donbass…

    • Annoncer la privatisation des mines de charbon en situation de déficit structurel est évidemment un moyen de favoriser le rétablissement de la paix sociale…

      Sachant que la veille le principal syndicat de mineurs défilait pour soutenir les séparatistes…

      Miners rally in favour of separatists in eastern Ukraine | Reuters
      http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/05/28/uk-ukraine-crisis-miners-idUKKBN0E80W320140528

      Up to 1,000 coal miners rallied on Wednesday in support of armed pro-Russian separatists who are battling Ukrainian forces in defence of their self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” (DNR) in eastern Ukraine.

      A day after Kiev unleashed warplanes and paratroopers against the separatists in a major offensive that killed at least 50 rebels, the miners marched through Donetsk city centre to demand the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from the region.
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      Kiev does not rule us any more, we will no longer accept that,” separatist leader Denis Pushilin told the miners, who had been bussed in from around the Donbass coalfield, as a Ukrainian fighter jet roared overhead.

      The protesters, from Ukraine’s largest mine workers’ union, waved DNR flags and banners that read “We will revive the power of the Donbass”. The Donbass, comprising coal mines and steel mills, is Ukraine’s industrial heartland.

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      Le fascisme ne passera pas
      Miners rally in Donetsk. Photograph : Ivan Sekretarev/AP

      Sur le Guardian
      Miners hold pro-Russia rally in Donetsk | World | The Guardian
      http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/28/miners-russia-rally-donetsk

      Around 300 coalminers rallied in support of pro-Russia separatists in Donetsk on Wednesdayyesterday as rebel fighters fortified their positions in the city in anticipation of a possible attack by Ukrainian forces.

      The miners marched through the city centre to show support for the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, waving Russian flags and banners that read: “We will revive the power of Donbass.”

      Sur Euronews (avec vidéo de la manifestation et rassemblement au pied de la statue de Lénine)
      http://www.euronews.com/2014/05/28/donetsk-miners-call-on-ukranian-occupiers-to-leave-region

      Around 1,000 protesters from Ukraine’s largest mining union rallied in support of pro-Russian separatists fighting for the self-proclaimed ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’.

      Many expect government troops to try to storm the city at any time.

      ‘‘This protest is against the so-called anti-terrorist operation. In fact, its an anti-people operation which kills people. Civilians are suffering. There are no separatists here, only the people of Donbass,’‘ said one protesting miner.

      “I’m afraid of everything that’s happening. I have survived one war already. That was enough for me,” said one elderly woman.

      Le mineur interviewé déclare, devant le groupe d’où émerge un drapeau russe :

      Il n’y a pas de séparatistes ici.