MOSCOW, March 11 – RIA Novosti The large-scale protest Finnish farmers against the country’s policy in relation to agriculture takes place on Friday in the Finnish capital Helsinki, among other things, the protesters demand to compensate them for losses caused by the Russian food. embargo transmits broadcasting company Yle.
according to the broadcasting company, to participate in the ongoing organization of agricultural MTK protest to 08.00 local time (09.00 MSK) at the Senate Square in the center of Helsinki began to arrive on their tractors, hundreds of farmers from all parts of the country. According to chairman of MTK Juha Marttila, in the protest will be attended by several thousand people and more than 500 tractors.
With the help of action farmers want to draw the authorities’ attention to the problems of agriculture, in particular, to the difficulty in obtaining grants, as well as to low return on their labor. According to the broadcasting company, the problems of Finnish farmers due to several reasons, including the Russian food embargo, reduced purchase prices, as well as the bureaucracy associated with the payment of subsidies.In the MTK claimed that the situation on the farms is worsening with each passing day. Farmers have difficulty with loan repayments due to late payment of bills on some farms, no electricity, and we already know about the first cases of bankruptcy. According to Marttila, farmers feel that the authorities are totally indifferent to their problems.
MTK proposed to the government a few requirements. Among them, in particular, the requirement that the EU pays farmers a fair compensation for the losses caused by the Russian food embargo and establish normal economic relations with Russia.
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