| Five out of ten prefectures of Moscow administrative districts
banned the YABLOKO party from organising pickets near metro stations
on the occasion of the 16th anniversary of the disaster Chernobyl
nuclear power station. However, according to the YABLOKO press
service, on April 25 and April 26 the party will distribute leaflets
to about 100 metro stations, and on April 26 a meeting will be
held at Kaluzhskaya square, Moscow. The leader of YABLOKO Grigory
Yavlinsky and well-known environmentalists and human rights activists
will speak at the meeting.
The YABLOKO party initally planned the meeting at Kaluzhskaya
square to be held at Ordinka in front of the Ministry of Atomic
Energy building. However, on April 18, 2002, the prefecture of
the Central District of Moscow banned the meeting at this street.
According to the Deputy Prefect Zaitsev, the meeting would cause
inconvenience for the personnel of the Ministry who are using
premises in front of the building for parking space. Such a decision
by the local authorities evoked an extremely negative reaction
from the leadership of the Moscow branch of the YABLOKO party,
environmentalist and human rights organisations supporting this
action.
See also:
YABLOKO against
Nuclear Waste Imports
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