Cutting out ecologists

Photo report from the Khimkinsky Forest

The clashes of the defenders of the Khimkinsky forest with the builders of the paid highway Moscow-St. Petersburg continue. On May 12, during the next skirmish, the builders sent a bulldozer to people who defend the trees. As a result, the leader of the forest defenders Yevgeny Chirikova ended up in a hospital with a foot injury. Days earlier, on May 5, a group of unknown young people in masks attacked the camp of the defenders of the Khimkinsky forest. Carriage of trees for the construction of the Moscow-Sank-Petersburg highway was suspended during the May holidays, but continued immediately after their completion. The defenders of the forest, led by Evgenia Chirikova, defeated the tent towns in the forest, trying to prevent builders who, according to Chirikova, do not have permission to chop the forest in their hands. The company Avtodor, responsible for the construction of the highway, urged ecologists not to turn the forest "into a platform for political extremism." Chirikova and her supporters did not heed the call, apparently, the appearance of unknown young people who attacked the camp was apparently answered. On July 23, 2010, the camp of the defenders of the Khimkinsky forest was already attacked by hooligans hiding their faces, looking like football fans. In both cases, the police were in no hurry to respond to challenges, and after the law enforcement officers the law enforcement officers in the departments were amazingly attacked, but the victims.