We welcome and support the members of the Ecological Defence
of the Moscow Region (Ekooborona Moskovskoi Oblasti) rising
in the way of those who with saws and axes without any permissions
began elimination of the Khimki Forest.
The whole project with a multikilometer loop of a paid highway
Moscow – St.Petersburg is indicative of corruption and violation
of laws:
- the decision of building this loop was taken with violation
of the law and without examination of other variants of the
highway route which would not affect one of the few large
forests new Moscow;
- the Resolution of the Government No 1642 of November 5,
2009, on transfer of lands of the Khimki Forest [to another
category of lands allowing construction works] violated the
Land and the Forest Codes of that time which directly prohibited
construction works in the territories of forests and parks,
and amendments weakening these provision of the Codes were
introduced later but with dates [so that to allow for these
construction works];
Environmental safety of several thousands of the residents
of the Khimki area is swapped for profit, unraparable damage
to the ecological system of the Moscow region. For the sake
of profits the authorities are covering the criminals: the
bandits who made handicapped Mikhail Bekotov, Editor-in-Chief
of the Khimki Pravda paper courageously defending the Khimki
Forest, have not been found.
Elections to the federal parliament will come soon. We are
drawing the attention of the Muscovites and the residents
of the Moscow region to the fact that the attack against the
Khimki Forest is supported by the omnipresent [progovernmental]
United Russia party and its leader Vladimir Putin. Thus, hey
once again demonstrate that the commercial interests of the
few are more important than care of the health and well-being
of many.
Defenders of the Khimki Forest, we are with you! Today you
have been protecting not you’re your place of birth but also
the principles of the civil society in Russia.
Sergei Mitrokhin,
Chairman of the YABLOKO party
See also:
Destruction
of nature has been accelerating. Statement by the YABLOKO
party on the threashold of the World Environment Day. June
4, 2010
Protection
of Environment
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