In Ulan-Ude, a deputy was fined for inviting through a loudspeaker to a rally against deforestation

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Ulan-Ude fined deputy of the Pribaikalsky municipal formation Nikolai Tikhonov 20 thousand rubles, who traveled around the city and invited people through a loudspeaker to a rally against deforestation around Lake Baikal. Tikhonov himself reported this to OVD-Info.

The young politician, who is also a deputy of the Federal Chamber of Deputies of the SR party, was found guilty under Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code (organizing an uncoordinated mass event). The rally to which Tikhonov called people was dedicated to the new law allowing clear cutting of forests near Lake Baikal.

Tikhonov was detained only on August 7, that is, two days after his action with a loudspeaker. As the OVD-Info deputy said, before this the police called his friends, asked about his whereabouts, and also looked for him through traffic police inspectors.

The protocol that the police drew up against him states that Tikhonov “organized a public event by notifying possible participants... namely, using a loud-speaking device, while driving a vehicle, he shouted to all passing citizens, “Let’s protect Baikal, on Saturday 12:00 come to the rally on the square. Soviets."

• At the end of July, the President allowed, within five years, the transfer of forest lands in the Baikal zone to lands of other categories, due to which clear cutting of forests will be allowed. The law is aimed at accelerating the construction of railways. Environmental activists believe that the law will lead to the loss of a significant forest area and deterioration of the environmental situation at the site. signed the law