Since the summer of the past, people ask the authorities questions about the legality of the construction of the landfill, but they do not get any clear answers, no project, no export.
The local municipalities took away the right to dispose of land. But people disagree with this. For the past 8 months they have been keeping the defense on Shiesa, 5 round-the-clock posts are operating here, where residents of many cities of Russia are keeping watch.
In February, activists managed to stop illegal construction for 1, 5 months.
Since last August, rallies and pickets have not ceased throughout the Arkhangelsk region.
The region is assigned the highest level of protest activity. In February, more than 30,000 northerners went to rallies, although the authorities of the region actively oppose their holding.
Features of environmental protests, the struggle in the north of Russia that they are organized by the population, the people, without the participation of political parties. At first, the meetings did not contain political slogans, but now the protesters and picketers are demanding the resignation of the garbage governor Orlov and the holding of a referendum.
Regular rallies throughout the region will be held on April 7, although many activists were arrested the day before. The police and the media are on the side of anti-people power.
One of the leaders of the Pechora Rescue Committee, Ivan Ivanov, said that he has been engaged in environmental activities for 15 years, has seen anything, but he has not yet met such lawlessness as in Shies. "Everything that can be violated is violated here. This is a territory where Russian laws simply do not operate. Already now enormous damage has been inflicted on nature, but the authorities pretend that nothing is happening."
