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YABLOKOs leader Sergei Mitrokhin forwarded to President
Medvedev a letter demanding to stop unlawful excavation works
in the lime-pit the Sochi national park for construction of
Olympic facilities in Sochi. In June 2011, after his meeting
with environmentalists, Dmitry Medvedev ordered the Russian
Government and the regional government to stop such works,
however, Presidents orders have been sabotaged.
YABLOKOs activists and activists of the North Caucasus Environmental
Watch detected these violations. Excavation of lime in the
national park have already eliminated inhabitations of many
species of the rare plants, inflicted irreparable damage to
landscapes and fauna. However, this unlawful pit has been
guarded by the Federal Security Service.
President Medvedev learned this during his meeting with environmentalists
on June 21, 2011. He ordered Prime Minister Putin and Alexander
Tkachyov, head of Administration of the Krasnodar Area, to
stop excavation works at the Sochi national park by August
1.
It is not the first time that the Federal Security Service
shelters unlawful works instead of implementing their duty
of safeguarding the state border, said Andrei Rudomakha,
one of the leaders of the Krasnodar branch of YABLOKO. Earlier
the Federal Security guards had been sheltering another unlawful
construction of the largest Olympic facility Adler Krasnaya
Polyana highway. The guards of the Federal Security Service
did not let environmentalists from YABLOKO and the North Caucasus
Environmental Watch to inspect it.
I hope that the President will adopt efficient measures
for implementation of his ordered of June 21 as it refers
to provision of environmental safety when preparing to the
Olympic Games, Sergei Mitrokhin noted. Mitrokhin also demanded
to find and punish those guilty of sabotage of Presidents
orders.
See also:
YABLOKO
Against Corruption
Protection
of Environment
Environmentalists
crash Putins seaside palace. France 24, The Observers
July 5, 2011
Sergei
Mitrokhin: tortures in the name of Christ. Sergei Mitrokhins
blog at the Echo Moskvi web-site, July 5, 2011
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