Siberian Farmers Continue to Protest Against the Slaughter of Livestock Instagram Users Warmly Support Their Outrage — and Turn It Into a Fight for Internet Freedom

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In the Novosibirsk Region, protests continue by rural residents, from whom livestock is being massively seized and destroyed. People say that their animals are being killed because of a “particularly dangerous disease”, whose name is classified for some reason. They are outraged not only that officials are refusing to communicate with them, but also that they are offering meager compensation for the destruction of livestock, which was the only s…

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In several villages in the Novosibir region, there is a massive slaughter of cows, and local authorities claim that there is an infection in the region, but that people are not told what is a disease. Animals are taken away from farmers by force, and often in the absence of their owners: in the villages, residents were banned from removing milk and meat, villages were blocked. In order to save cattle, people go to meetings and video messages to …