| The Moscow City Court appointed hearings of the YABLOKO
party law suit disputing lawfulness of the General Plan of
Moscow Development until 2025 on August 9. The trial will
be open for public. "I have filed this lawsuit personally
as a citizen, whose rights are violated by the law. If we
translate this in short from the legal language, [the Plan]
affects the following rights: driving around the city without
traffic jams, breathing clean air, buying housing at affordable
prices and walking around historical places of the city. All
these rights were violated by the developers of the law to
fill Moscow with office and trade premises,” Sergei Mitrokhin,
leader of the YABLOKO party, said yesterday. Mitrokhin also
explained, "This trend violates my right to a healthy
environment, not only a natural, but also architectural and
technological environment”. The General Plan of Moscow Development
until 2025 was adopted by the Moscow City Duma on May 5, 2010.
The document had provoked much criticism from the Public Chamber
of the Russian federation already at the discussion stage.
Over 30 public organisations engaged in preservation of Moscow
cultural heritage have created a coalition against the General
Plan.
Based on Interfax reports
See also:
Protection
of Environment
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