On March 27, a mass rally in protection of the Lake Baikal
took place in Ulan-Ude, Buryatia. The rally was organised
by YABLOKO’s branch in Buryatia and ecological organisations.
About 500 people came to the rally.
The participants of the rally demanded to abrogate the Resolution
of the Government of the RF No 1 on launching the Baikal Pulp
Plant. The rally called the authorities to develop tourism
in the area which would create new jobs for the citizens of
Baikalsk, rather than creating jobs at environmentally unfriendly
enterprise.
Olga Tzepilova, member of YABLOKO’s Bureau and one of the
leaders of YABLOKO’s the Green Russia faction read out the
resolution in protection of Baikal adopted at the Barcelona
congress of the European green parties.
Natalya Tumureyeva, Chair of the organisational committee
of the rally and YABLOKO member, told that musical groups
of the republic, writers and poets also came to the rally.
The organisers of the rally constructed a kind of a Wailing
Wall, where the participants of the rally could write down
their complaints.
See also:
Sergei Mitrokhin spoke at the rally for protection of Baikal.
Press Release, February 13, 2010
The
authorities chose to support of oligarchs’ interests and reprisals
against public organisations rather than protection of the
Lake Baikal. Statement of the Bureau of the YABLOKO party,
February 1, 2010
YABLOKO
for Environmental Safety
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