Representatives of the Public Monitoring Commission (POC) discovered violations of the law in the conditions of detention of defenders of an apple orchard on Slavyansky Boulevard, who were detained for two days. PMC member Eva Merkacheva told OVD-Info about this.

"Everything is sad. None of the women (who had children under the age of 14) were released. Tomorrow (Moscow Human Rights Ombudsman) Tatyana Potyaeva will come to the department. The detainees were not fed, the mattresses were bad, it was very hot,” Merkacheva clarified. The police allowed POC representatives into the department only half an hour after they arrived at the department.

Seven defenders of an apple orchard on Slavyansky Boulevard, who were detained on the afternoon of December 27, are being held at the Fili-Davydkovo police station.

In addition to the park with three-hundred-year-old oak trees on Ivan Franko Street, the reconstruction of the Northern backup of Kutuzovsky Avenue includes an apple orchard on Slavyansky Boulevard and Starorublevskaya Grove, activists say . Construction of the route is planned to be completed by the end of 2021. According to the Moscow authorities, this 11-kilometer toll highway will stretch from the Molodogvardeyskaya transport interchange to the Moscow City business center, will become a continuation of the Northern Bypass of Odintsovo highway, will make entry to the toll backup of the M-1 Belarus highway more comfortable, and will also improve transport accessibility in the areas of Dorogomilovo, Fili-Davydkovo, Mozhaisky, Kuntsevo and Filevsky Park.

Members of the Public Monitoring Committee revealed violations in the conditions of detention of environmental activists detained in the west of Moscow