| Environmental organisation North Caucasus
Environmental Watch with YABLOKOs support is going to start
a law suit against PR technologists employed by the Eurochim
company (which has constructed and launched oil shipment terminal
in the resort city of Tuapse despite loud public protests)
and hold them answerable for libel.
On August 6, internet media the National News Agency published
and article running that public organisaiton North Caucasus
Environmental Watch was allegedly going to conduct a hostile
takeover of the Tuapse bulk terminal belonging to the Eurochim
company. The author of the article tells clear lies about
environmentalists and also contains slanderous statements
against Andrei Rudomakha, Coordinator of the North Caucasus
Ecological Watch. The activists of the Ecological Watch issued
a press release running that for 15 years of its functioning
the North Caucasus Ecological Watch has never been meddled
in any business takeovers or disputes, moreover ordered
attacks some companies, the organisation have always been
acting within its stated goals protection of environment
and protection of citizens rights to a friendly environment.
Environmentalists do not doubt that the publication was made
on an order from the Eurochim company, as despite of the fact
that the National News Agency published the article as its
own, the same article but signed by the Eurochim press service
had been published at Logistic.Ru.
Right after its publication by the National News Agency the
article was reproduced by a number of regional media in the
regions located far from the North Caucasus or by web-sites
of non-environmental specialization (e.g., a web-site on housing
construction DearHome).
All this demonstrates that Eurochim has been conducting
a consistent broad-scale PR campaign targeted at damaging
the reputation of the North Caucasus Environmental Watch,
ecologists said.
It should be also noted that on July 18 environmentalists
got hold of a scandalous Plan of PR events for creation
of broad public resounance in view of the first public consultations
on the Tuapse bulk terminal and the Novorssiyisk mazut terminal.
The PR company claimed that the best way to oppose environmentalists
and public activists was spread of gossip, hysteria buying
of well-known bloggers, placement of defamatory articles in
mass media, sending letters, etc.
The administration of Krasnodar held "public
consultations" that were called a farce by the protesters:
a part of environmentalists were not allowed to take part
in the event, also there was no response to environmentalists
proposals and actions.
In addition to these measures, the PR specialists wanted
to apply to the President of Russia so that to include the
YABLOKO party and the North Caucasus Environmental Watch into
the list of terror organisations, the activities of which
are prohibited in Russia. After this YABLOKOs leader Sergei
Mitrokhin applied to Public Prosecutor General asking
him to determine the sources of financing of this defamation
campaign against environmentalists and YABLOKO.
YABLOKO and environmentalists conducted mass-scale
rallies in Tuapse in 2010 and 2011 protesting against
the launch of the terminal in the resort city. A booklet Lets
Save the City" was published. On the threashold of the
State Council meeting activists passed to the President their
request to abolish the plans of launch the terminal.
See also:
Protection
of Environment
Human
Rights
YABLOKO
Against Corruption
Bulk terminal in Tuapse
to be launched despite the decision of the President. Press
Release, July 25, 2011.
Sergei Mitrokhin
demands from Public Prosecutor General to check who is funding
the campaign envisaging enlisting YABLOKO as a terrorist organisation.
Press Release, July 19, 2011.
Tuapse printing
facility refused to print YABLOKOs bulletin for the rally
obeying the order from the authorities. Press
Release, June 24, 2011.
Rally
against launching of the Tuapse bulk terminal by Eurochem
company gathered over two thousand people. Press
Release, June 28, 2011
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