Archive for 'Protection of Environment'
Stop projects of Rosсosmos with the use of heptyl
Statement by YABLOKO’s Bureau July 10, 2013 On July 2 the Russian Proton-M rocket with the upper stage Block-DM3 (which contained 600 tons of highly-toxic heptyl) carrying three Glonass satellites crashed down seconds after its launch from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur space centre. A heptyl cloud formed above the space centre. Heptyl is dangerous even in microscopic […]
Posted: July 10th, 2013 under Protection of Environment.
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UNESCO ALLOWS RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES DESTROYING THE WORLD HERITAGE WESTERN CAUCASUS SITE
Environmental Watch on North Caucasus, Press Release, June 19, 2013 Politics prevails over environmental protection at the 37th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee: the Committee was silent about destructive construction of Lunnaya Polyana, a ski resort for Vladimir Putin, and a road to this resort
Posted: June 20th, 2013 under Protection of Environment.
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YABLOKO achieved complete unblocking of the first historic beach Serebryany Bor
Press Release, June 6, 2013 The Moscow authorities finally removed the fence which has surrounded the first historic beach Serebryany Bor (silver forest) for 8 years. The officials took measures only after YABLOKO’s leader Sergei Mitrokhin sawed the gates and several unites of the fence down with a wire cutter and an angle grinder.
Posted: June 6th, 2013 under Human Rights, Protection of Environment.
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YABLOKO held a cleaning day in Timiryazevsky park
Press Release, June 4, 2013 Today YABLOKO’s activists and YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin cleaned a part of Timiryazevsky park, which is situated in the north of Moscow. The action was held within the Environment Week, announced by YABLOKO in the run-up to the World environment day celebrated on June 5.
Posted: June 4th, 2013 under Protection of Environment.
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YABLOKO conducted a round table on environmental problems of the Krasnoyarsk region
Press Release, May 28, 2013 On May 27, the Krasnoyarsk branch of the Green Russia environmental faction of the YABLOKO party and public environmental organisations of the Krasnoyarsk region conducted a round table “Ecological problems of the Krasnoyarsk Region” in Krasnoyarsk. The main topic of the meeting was the discussion of radioactive safety in the […]
Posted: May 29th, 2013 under Protection of Environment, YABLOKO for Nuclear Safety.
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EWNC ECOLOGY ACTIVIST` HOME SEARCHED BY POLICE IN SOCHI
Environmental Watch on North Caucasus, Press Release, May 28, 2013 On May 28, 2013 police officers of the city of Sochi conducted two searches in the apartment and countryside residence of Vladimir Kimaev, the member of the Council of Environmental Watch on North Caucasus (EWNC). Both searches took place in the absence of Vladimir Kimaev. […]
Posted: May 28th, 2013 under Human Rights, Protection of Environment.
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Searches in the apartment and country cottage of the leader of the Sochi branch of YABLOKO
Press Release, May 28, 2013 Police is searching the apartment and country cottage of Vladimir Kimayev, leader of the Sochi branch of YABLOKO. According to Kimayev, his son called him about an hour ago and said that police came to their apartment in the Maliy Akhun district, Sochi, and demanded to let them into the […]
Posted: May 28th, 2013 under Human Rights, Protection of Environment.
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Krasnoyarsk region authorities deprived the YABLOKO leader of broadcasting time at a state television channel
Press Release, May 27, 2013 The visit of YABLOKO’s leader Sergei Mitrokhin to the Krasnoyarsk region began with a scandal. The regional state television channel Yenisei unilaterally terminated its contract with the YABLOKO party on provision of air time by the channel.
Posted: May 28th, 2013 under Freedom of Speech, Protection of Environment, YABLOKO for Nuclear Safety.
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YABLOKO conducted a picket by the Russian Atomic Energy Agency against construction of nuclear power stations abroad on the Russian federal budget money
Posted: April 26th, 2013 under Protection of Environment, YABLOKO for Nuclear Safety.
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