An Arkhangelsk environmental activist was fined under the article of violating the self-isolation regime for walking

On April 21, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Arkhangelsk fined eco-activist Olga Barsova 3,000 rubles for violating the self-isolation regime. by Reported North. Realii” with reference to Barsova’s lawyer Oksana Vladyka.

“The protocol was drawn up on the spot. explanations It states that she [Olga Barsova - OVD-Info ] categorically refused , and in the report the police wrote that she was walking. [The policemen are — “North. Realii“ ] decided spontaneously. The reason for being on Lenin Square was allegedly not established by them, ”the lawyer quoted the publication as saying.

Olga Barsova herself assumes that the police decided to draw up a report specifically against her in connection with her activist activities. “I drank tea in a vest with symbols against the training ground at Shies station. Four policemen approached me and drew up a protocol. I believe that this new article has become a reason to detain eco-activists,” Barsova told Sever. Reality".

• Earlier, other participants of the Ecobessrochka in Arkhangelsk were fined for meeting on Lenin Square. According to law enforcement officers, they thus violated the ban on holding any public events, announced by the governor of the region on March 18.
• In Severodvinsk (Arkhangelsk region), environmental activists who held an indefinite protest on Victory Square were also issued protocols “due to violation of the self-isolation regime.”
• At the Shies station of the Arkhangelsk region, they are going to build a landfill for the import of garbage from Moscow into the region. It is planned that it will cover an area of ​​3,000 hectares. Local residents believe that the operation of the landfill will lead to an environmental disaster. Activists are on duty at the construction site and block the roads to the station, which is why they are regularly detained, driven out of the construction site by force and beaten , and administrative and criminal cases are initiated against the protesters. Eco-activist Andrey Borovikov was sentenced to compulsory labor in a criminal case under the "Dadino" article.