Three buses with law enforcement officers arrived in the city of Likino-Dulyovo, Moscow Region, and began beating up local residents protesting against the construction of a waste plant. This was reported in the telegram channel of politician Dmitry Gudkov.
As it is written in the publication, "all this is only to cut a clearing in the forest, along which garbage trucks will go to a huge garbage dump."
One activist, according to information in the channel, had a broken rib. Who exactly is beating people - OMON, the National Guard or another unit - is not known. There is a video of the collision.
The channel noted that one team of lumberjacks refused to work after seeing a conflict between customers and local residents.
11:06 Dmitry Gudkov's press secretary said that from 13 to 16 people were detained. Some of them are on the highway, which the activists decided to block so that the vehicles could not pass.
11:19 Local resident and activist Ekaterina Belova told OVD-Info that there are four people in the police department in the Kurovsky district, and several more detainees were taken to the Voskresensky department.
According to her, at 3:30 am, five traffic police cars arrived at the scene, the officers put up signs prohibiting parking.
“Our activists have arrived there. Opposition began. Repulsed in a rude way. The woman's rib was broken, an ambulance arrived, confirmed it, and she was taken away. In addition to her, there were still victims, but, of course, not so much, ”said Belova. According to her, people held on to the trees so that they would not be cut down.
11:27 The press service of the National Guard of the Moscow Region contacted OVD-Info. The commentary says that "the personnel of the OMON and other units of the Main Directorate of the Russian Guard in the Moscow Region were not involved."
13:55 11 people were detained, Olga Basatskaya told OVD-Info. Nine are in the police department in the Kurovsky district, two in the Voskresensky district.