On Sunday gathered demonstrators from the north-west of Russia all the way east to Siberia. In some places it was only a few demonstrators and on the other it was nearly a thousand demonstrators, reports the AP.
most braved the cold in Arkhangelsk at the White sea and took to the streets to show their dissatisfaction with the area are forced to take care of sopavfall from Moscow. The demonstrators shall, inter alia, have held signs with the messages ”We do not want to have Moscow’s trash”.
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that part of the city’s sopavfall shall be transported to the remote areas of northern Russia. A decision that the ruling mean can get the economy in the poor parts of the country.
But the decision has been met with criticism from the miljörättsaktivister and officials in Moscow, which has called the project ”immoral”. Critics argue that the city instead should invest in source separation and recycling in the local area.
The first major protests against waste management in Russia anordnandes last winter. The protests in the town of Volokolamsk, just over 10 miles west of Moscow, and then became nationally known.
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hydrogen sulphide leaked out of the end up in landfill and 20 children were hospitalized with nausea, rashes and headaches. The inhabitants had enough and gathered in large protests.
When the municipal manager Yevgeny Gavrilov tried to calm them, he was greeted by a furious crowd and had to be put into the safety of the police. Shortly thereafter, resigned as the municipal manager.
When DN:s rysslandskorrespondent Anna-Lena Laurén then met with the residents in Volokolamsk testified many that corruption was the cause of the escalating sopproblemet.
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