From 10 to 20 activists of Anti-AIDS organization attempted takeover of the city administration in the West Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. They had chained themselves to the doors with handcuffs, Echo of Moscow radio station reported.

The action members were protesting against the local authorities� policy regarding HIV-infected persons, who do not receive enough medical treatment in the city.

The action slogan says �Our deaths are your shame!� City administration and medical directorate officials failed to hold negotiations with the action members. The protestors were later detained by police.

Of all the Russian regions, Kaliningrad maintains one of the higest recorded incidents of the HIV infection. The relative index of HIV circulation in the region is 2.4 times higher than the Russian average. Currently, there are over 4,500 HIV-infected citizens in the region, Interfax news agency reported, quoting the local medical directorate. Most of the infected, over 3.200 people, live in the city. The biggest age group infected is in the 20-29 range (58.7 percent).

Most (74.7 percent) became infected after having used drugs intravenously, the agency reported.