Special police forces (OMON) and road police have been
blocking the column of the motor race against construction
of a nuclear power station in the Nizhy Novgorod region
at the Moscow Circular Road for 40 minutes already. YABLOKO’s
activists and YABLOKO’s leader Sergei Mitrokhin are arrested.
Some cars the police left on the road, which led to a traffic
jam.
The participants of the race were stopped at the Moscow
Circular Road for checking of their documents. However later
a police official stated that they were stopped “because
of such unsanctioned event”. Special police forces arrived
probably to assist the road police in checking the documents.
The police demands a permit for the race, however, the
law does not envisage any permits and allowances for conducting
a motor race.
A motor column left Nizhny Novgorod yesterday so that to
arrive to a rally against construction of a nuclear power
station by Murom (Nizhny Novgorod Region) organised by ecological
organisations and YABLOKO that will take place in the centre
of Moscow toady on March 18.
The participants of the motor race have been also stopped
by Nizhny Novgorod, where the check of documents took an
hour and a half.
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PHOTOS in the blog by Igor Yakovlev, Press Secretary
See also:
YABLOKO
for Environmental Safety
YABLOKO to join
a motor race against construction of a nuclear power station
in the Nizhny Novgorod Region. Press Release. March 17,
2010
