Khimki forest: impressions of a foreign forest expert
A foreign forest expert who witnessed yesterdays incident describes her first impressions of the Khimki situation. Yesterday, a group of around 30 people went to a site near Shermetyevo airport where currently illegal logging takes place. The aim of the activists was to ask the workers on the site to show them a cutting permission and documents which can prove that the logging activities aren't illegal. Today I witnessed the treatment of peaceful activists trying to protect forests in Russian: they do not only get beaten up by thugs... Читать дальше...