Journalists: 17,000 protesting truckers in Dagestan is a real number
The estimate of 17,000 striking truckers in Dagestan is quite realistic, believe local journalists and Valery Voitko, the chairman of the trade union, "Dalnoboischik" (Trucker). However, Alexander Brod, a member of the Public Council of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) has treated the number as strongly exaggerated.