In Moscow, metro workers dismissed for their support for Navalny?
Passenger in the Moscow metro, April 5, 2021 (Image illustration).
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The Moscow Metro Union says that since the beginning of the month, more than 100 employees have been forced by management to leave their posts.
Their common point, having left their contact details on a site which called for demonstrations for Alexeï Navalny.
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The testimonies are consistent.
Employees are called in for an interview and are in a hurry to sign their resignations if they do not want to be fired for misconduct.
One of them recorded his conversation, published by the online newspaper
Meduza:
"
The Moscow metropolitan organization no longer wants to cooperate with you,
" an interlocutor told him.
- "
Why?
", he asks.
- "
I can not say it
", answers his interlocutor.
After 15 minutes, threatened with being dismissed for absenteeism, the employee ended up signing his resignation.
He confirms having left his email on the site
free.navalny.com
, which called for demonstrations for the imprisoned opponent, but maintains that he never retweeted messages on Navalny or participated in rallies.
Coordinates leaked
Last month, the contact details of people who signed up for the Alexei Navalny support site leaked onto the Internet.
While most of the metro drivers or station employees who were victims of these procedures claim to have received no explanation, others have been criticized for not “
respecting power
”.
The union claims to have recorded around 100 layoffs, but municipal deputy Mikhail Timonov believes that they could be many more.
The management of the metro and the transport department of the city of Moscow are silent.
The union, which will meet on Monday, plans to take the case to court.
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