A picketer protesting against deforestation on Mount Mashuk was detained in Moscow

In Moscow, at the monument to Marshal Zhukov, a pensioner Valentina Velichkina was detained, who went out with a picket against deforestation on Mount Mashuk in the Stavropol Territory. This was announced by politician Yulia Galyamina in her telegram channel.

According to Galyamina, in the morning Velichkina arrived from Mineralnye Vody to deliver a letter from local activists to Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov.

16:40 The head of the Kitai-Gorod police department, A. Vakal, refused to initiate an administrative case against 74-year-old picketer Valentina Velichkina. This was announced by the defender from OVD-Info Evgeny Kurakin, who provided her with legal assistance in the department.

In the delivery report, Vakal wrote that the pensioner had not violated the federal law on rallies. The woman was released from the police department.

• Mount Mashuk is a monument of nature and archeology of federal significance. Eco-activists and local residents have been protesting against deforestation on the mountain for more than 10 years. In July 2022, the regional authorities allowed cutting on the mountain for construction.