The Bashkiri government declared Shihan Kustau Monument of Nature

On September 2, the Bashkiria government declared Shihan Kustau to the natural monument of the republican significance "Mount Kostau".

The corresponding document was posted on his VKontakte page by the head of Bashkortostan Radiy Khabirov.

“On the issue of Kuzhtau is a point. And this decision is, first of all, the recognition and respect for the thousands of our inhabitants who said their word, ”Khabirov commented.

• On September 3, it became known that the attackers tried to hack the telegram accounts of the defenders Shikhan Kustau. On August 22, telegram accounts have already been attacked. Unknown, using duplicates, SIM cards intercepted an SMS with an access access code. Similar could be done with the help of employees of mobile operators.
• Shihan Kushtau is a small mountain in the Ishimbay district of Bashkortostan. For several months, local activists have been fighting a cutting of forests to develop a soda and limestone deposit in Kuzhtau. Since August, work in the guarded natural territory resumed . Activists advocate the preservation of nature monuments remaining Shikhanov Toratau, Kushtau, Yoracti. The previously existing Shihan Shakhtau was completely destroyed to obtain raw materials by the Bashkir Soda Company. On August 15, the police detained more than 70 defenders of Kustau, many of them were later arrested by administrative articles. The head of Bashkortostan Radiy Khabirov threatened a protesting criminal case, but later promised that Shihan would be assigned the status of a specially protected territory.