Estimated 1,500 turn out for demo against closure of Russian aluminum smelter | Russia Beyond The Headlines

Estimated 1,500 turn out for demo against closure of Russian aluminum smelter | Russia Beyond The Headlines:

"An estimated 1,500 people held a demonstration on Saturday against the planned closure of Bogoslovsk Aluminum Smelter, the facility's trade union leader said.
The protesters were mainly workers from the smelter, which is located in the town of Krasnoturyinsk, and other local people.
They marched along one of the town's main streets to a square.
On the square, they held a rally during which they approved appeals to the Russian government and Sverdlovsk region administration to support the region's aluminum industry and reduce electricity prices for it, the smelter's union leader, Nikolai Prokofiev, told Interfax."

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