Press Release, 23.04.2019

Nikolai Rybakov, as an expert on the environmental organisation Bellona, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party and environmentalist, gave a lecture to the students in Bryansk and Volgograd.

On 11 April, Nikolai Rybakov told law school students of Volgograd State University about the environmental  situation in Russia and the situation with environmental policy. The Institute of Law (VolGU) is one of the leaders in environmental legal education in Russia. Rybakov discussed the key environmental problems of Volgograd with the audience: he spoke about industrial emissions, garbage landfills, illegal cutting of woods and water pollution. “It is important to treat ecology consciously, since only active residents of the region can improve the situation and involve the authorities in solving problems,” Rybakov noted.

After the lecture, Rybakov spoke with a journalist from the Bloknot Volgograd (The Volgograd Notebook) media. The politician discussed the problems of alternation of power, the need to participate in the upcoming elections and the so-called “garbage reform”.

On 16 April, Nikolai Rybakov conducted a class on ecology with law students of Bryansk State University. Rybakov and the students discussed environmental problems of the region and possible ways to solve them – the region was severely affected by the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

Rybakov also spoke about the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster for Russia and the pseudo “garbage reform” with the Bryanskaya Ulitsa (Bryanskaya Street) newspaper.

The politician also met with the activists of the regional Yabloko branch in Bryansk. Lyudmila Komogortseva, environmentalist and politician, also took part in the party discussion.