“Russia is massively postponing the implementation of key environmental programs” Ecologist Evgeny Simonov talks about the consequences of the fighting in Ukraine for the nature of Russia and the pressure of the authorities on environmentalists This material was prepared by the Russian environmental publication Kedr.media . Due to censorship in Russia, Kedr cannot quote environmentalists verbatim. "Layout" publishes the original version of the text with minor abbreviations.

"Put everything on pause" The Russian elite split into three groups: supporters of war until victory, supporters of a respite and the “party of those running away” The mood within elite groups on the eve of the New Year is far from festive, say interlocutors in the highest echelons of power interviewed by VERSTKA.