In the Fight Against Russian Grain Transit, Railway Blockade Not Ruled Out

The organizers of the protest action "No to Blood Grains!" held on Saturday do not rule out blocking railway tracks if Russian grain transit is not stopped in Latvia, protest initiator, farmer, and public activist Gundars Kalve told the LETA agency.

In his opinion, the protest action in Jēkabpils on Saturday was very well organized, although more people were expected to attend. However, after the action, Kalve received an extraordinary number of support calls from many residents, expressing gratitude for the work of the protest organizers.

For this reason, the protest organizers do not intend to limit themselves to the action held on Saturday and plan to meet on Tuesday evening, November 10, to decide on further action if Russian grain transit is not halted. Kalve admitted that the discussion would likely no longer be about a repeated protest but about blocking the tracks to prevent these grains from being moved through Latvian territory.

Kalve also critically assessed the speech given by Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs (AS) to the protesters yesterday. According to Kalve, it was delivered in an aggressive tone, and nothing was clearly promised.

Kalve also negatively viewed the fact that during the Prime Minister's speech, his young son was on stage with him. Kalve considered that this appeared to be a kind of shield from the protesters.

"There was no good feeling after Kulbergs' speech," Kalve admitted.

It has already been reported that on Saturday, Kulbergs promised the protesters to submit a bill to the Saeima that would allow Latvia to halt Russian grain transit by prohibiting the signing of new contracts. The Prime Minister indicated that coordination between ministries is scheduled for the second week of November.

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