Kotlas: more than three thousand people protested against the landfill in Shies

In the city of Kotlas of the Arkhangelsk Region, more than three thousand people came to a rally against the construction of a garbage training ground in the village of ShiES, where waste from Moscow will be taken. About this to the correspondent of the Sever. Realii, one of the organizers of the rally Vyacheslav Grigoryants spoke.

The main requirement of the protesters is to stop the construction of the landfill at ShiES station.

The speakers also made claims against the police. According to the Grigoryan, law enforcement agencies "do not guard our rights, they protect the rights not clear to whom." From the stage, the protesters criticized officials, recalling "all their promises that are actually not fulfilled." The activist noted that people are forced to go to rallies, because the authorities "do not hear differently."

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In the village of ShiES, the Moscow authorities are building a garbage training ground where waste from Moscow will be taken. Against the landfill are local residents, activists and ecologists. They believe that the work of the landfill will lead to an environmental disaster.