Suren Ghazaryan, PhD, is a speleologist and biologist studying
bats in the Institute of Ecology of Mountain Territories of
the Kabardino-Balkar Research Center of the Russian Academy
of Sciences, member of the Northern Caucasus Environmental
Watch non-governmental prganisation. His and Yegeny Vitishkos
participation in the public campaign against the seizure of
forest and coastline at the Black Sea (near the village of
Dzhubga) by Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Alexander
Tkachyo resulted in criminal prosecution against Ghazaryan
and Vitishko and three years of a suspended sentence for the
"damage to property" ("This is our forest",
"Alexander is a thief!" was written on the fence
around the Governors cottage).
However, earlier environmentalists had got several answers
from the Public Prosecutors Office where the latter had been
denying the existence of any fence around the Governors cottage
located at unlawfully seized public lands.
On gogol.tv filmed a discussion on environmental and legal
situation in the Black Sea coast between Suren Ghazaryans
mother Zinaida Ghazaryan and Andrei Babushkin, YABLOKOs Bureau
member, human rights activist, chair of the "For Civil
Rights" movement.
The video can be viewed here.
See also:
On YABLOKOs initiative
the Congress of European liberals condemned reprisals against
Russian opposition. Press Release, November 10, 2012
On reprisals
against YABLOKO activists and dissenters in Russia
Urgency Resolution submitted by the YABLOKO party and adopted
by ALDE Congress on November 9, 2012
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