Fragments of a blog
Fragments of a blog
Environmental protests have been going strong in different parts of Russia in the past year or two but have yet to coalesce into a national movement. It’s local or regional concerns, typically, that drive people outdoors to protest. When an…
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…
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…