In St. Petersburg, the expert of the Russian branch of Greenpeace Rashid Alimov was detained. This was reported by the press service of the organization.
According to the lawyer Alimov, the detainee is charged with Article 7.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses - “Unauthorized occupation of the land”. Presumably, Alimov was detained in connection with the action against the import of uranium “tails”, which took place on the day of December 17. Activists made a living yard an installation of barrels imitating barrels of waste.
Alimova is taken to 28 police department.

December 18 0:40 Rashid Alimov was released from the police department with the protocol under Article 7.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. According to the protocol, at 22:00, Alimov placed “objects in the amount of 11 pieces in the form of metal barrels <...> object dimensions: width - 580 meters, height - 900 meters”. The press service of Greenpeace reports .