Tag Komi

Shiyes and Agua Zarca

The Moscow Times reports on the latest developments in the Shiyes protests: Opponents of a controversial landfill in northwestern Russia have asked Sweden, Norway and Finland for help in averting an environmental crisis… Five regional environmental groups have asked the…

Trouble in the North

Here’s Radio Liberty reporting from the north of Russia: Some 7,000 demonstrators have rallied in Russia’s northwestern Komi Republic against the construction of a new landfill in the neighboring Arkhangelsk region… The demonstrators gathered in Michurin Park in the Komi…