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Russian Environmental Activist Attacked in Moscow

12:35 04/05/2012

An environmental activist who campaigns against controversial plans to build a motorway through a forest outside Moscow has been beaten in the Russian capital, she said.

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Activists detained during Khimki Forest protest in Moscow
16:48 19/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 19 (RIA Novosti)
Moscow police detained on Tuesday four activists who staged an unauthorized protest in the city center against the demolition of mature woodland near Moscow to make way for a new highway to St. Petersburg, a police spokesman said.
Environmental activists detained during Khimki Forest protest
01:47 04/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 4 (RIA Novosti)
Police on Sunday detained a group of environmental activists protesting at the Khimki forest, where a disputed road to St. Petersburg is being laid, a police spokesman said.
Police detain five activists of unsanctioned rally in downtown Moscow
15:41 15/05/2011
Police have detained five activists of an unsanctioned rally in downtown Moscow, the Moscow interior department said on Sunday.
Nature activists condemn police crackdown on Khimki forest protest
13:34 09/05/2011
Environmental activists have criticized Russian police for using heavy-handed tactics after they detained at least 25 people at a rally against the demolition of mature woodland near Moscow to make way for a new highway to St. Petersburg.
Police make arrests in Khimki forest protest
20:58 19/04/2011
Police on Tuesday arrested 26 people at a rally in protest at the planned construction of a highway through woodland near Moscow.
Highway construction through Khimki Forest to begin in March
14:46 10/02/2011
Construction to build a much debated highway through the Khimki Forest near Moscow will begin in March, a building company said on Thursday.
Government officials to be questioned over attack on Russian forest activist
12:33 14/01/2011
A government official will be questioned over an attack on an environmental activist who opposed a controversial road building project near Moscow, a police source said on Friday.
Khimki Court sanctions two more arrests over environmentalist beating (Update 1)
18:21 31/12/2010
The Khimki Court outside Moscow on Friday sanctioned the arrest of two more figures on charges of attacking a local ecological environmentalist.
Khimki Court sanctions arrest of city official over environmentalist beating
14:17 31/12/2010
The Khimki Court outside Moscow on Friday sanctioned the arrest of Andrei Chernyshyov, a Khimki city administration worker, on charges of organizing an attack on a local ecological environmentalist.
Police arrest fourth suspect in attack on forest activist
15:01 30/12/2010
Police have arrested another suspect in the attack on an environmental activist who opposed a controversial road building project near Moscow, investigators said on Thursday.
Russian environmentalist attackers 'could be linked' to assault on injured editor
13:39 29/12/2010
Three men suspected of assaulting an activist who criticized a controversial road project could be linked to other similar attacks in Russia, a police source said on Wednesday.
Official arrested over attack on Russian environmentalist
09:14 28/12/2010
Police have detained a Moscow region official suspected of organizing an attack on an activist who criticized a controversial road project, a police source said on Tuesday.
Suspects detained for attack on Khimki forest campaigner
10:21 27/12/2010
Russian police detained the suspected organizers and attackers on Monday suspected of being behind the assault on Khimki forest ecology activist and journalist Konstantin Fetisov.
Leading Khimki forest defender detained in Moscow
16:22 22/12/2010
The leading protester against a controversial highway through a protected forest says she has been detained after a rally in central Moscow.
Moscow-St. Petersburg highway through Khimki Forest
16:59 14/12/2010
A controversial new road through a forest near Moscow will go ahead as initially planned.
Medvedev urges state to listen to public as Khimki road gets go-ahead (Update 2)
16:09 14/12/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged the government to pay more attention to public opinion after a controversial highway through a protected forest was given the go-ahead on Tuesday.
Russia gives green light to controversial road plan (Update 1)
13:19 14/12/2010
A much-debated new road through a forest near Moscow will go ahead as initially planned, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov announced on Tuesday.
Russia approves controversial road plan
12:13 14/12/2010
A controversial new road through a forest near Moscow will go ahead as initially planned, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Tuesday.
Russian opposition to hold unsanctioned rally in downtown Moscow
01:24 12/11/2010
Activists of a Russian opposition movement will gather in downtown Moscow on Friday for a "Day of Wrath" rally against recent attacks on a journalists and an environmental activist.
Moscow-St. Petersburg highway construction options
14:14 03/09/2010
Alternative construction options for Moscow-St. Petersburg highway.
Moscow Region governor claims Khimki residents support controversial highway
15:48 01/09/2010
Moscow Region Governor Boris Gromov is going to ask President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to take into account the opinion of citizens who support the construction of a controversial highway through the Khimki forest north of Moscow, the governor's press service said on Wednesday.
Russian activists call for independent probe into Khimki highway row
20:35 30/08/2010
Russian environmentalists sent a letter on Monday to President Dmitry Medvedev urging an independent assessment of the controversial construction of a highway through Khimki forest.
Public hearing on Khimki highway project to be held on September 16
15:05 30/08/2010
Russia's Public Chamber will hold a hearing on the construction of a controversial highway through a forest outside Moscow on September 16.
Motorway construction through Khimki Forest suspended
14:49 27/08/2010
Dmitry Medvedev announced this decision in his blog. The President instructed the Government to suspend the implementation of the resolution on the motorway construction through the Khimki Forest and to conduct further public and expert discussions on the issue.
Putin urges ecologists not to politicize highway construction issue
14:36 27/08/2010
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said the government was ready to take into account environmentalists' concerns over the construction of the controversial Moscow-St. Petersburg highway, but warned them against politicizing the issue.
Natural Resources Ministry to discuss new routes for Khimki highway
23:09 26/08/2010
Russia’s Natural Resources Ministry is to join discussions on new possible routes for a controversial highway whose construction was frozen earlier in the day by President Dmitry Medvedev.
Medvedev freezes construction of controversial highway (Update2)
21:14 26/08/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on Thursday on the suspension of the construction of a controversial highway north of Moscow, the Kremlin said.
Medvedev orders suspension of controversial highway construction (Update1)
19:43 26/08/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered on Thursday the suspension of the construction of a controversial highway threatening a forest north of Moscow.
Medvedev orders suspension of controversial highway construction
19:17 26/08/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered on Thursday the suspension of the construction of a controversial highway threatening a forest north of Moscow.
Gig protesting proposed highway turns into political rally
12:55 23/08/2010
A planned concert protesting the construction of a highway through a forest outside Moscow turned into an opposition rally on Sunday evening after authorities prohibited the use of sound equipment.
Pro-Kremlin youth group snubs concert protesting planned highway
08:44 21/08/2010
The pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi (Ours) are planning a volunteer clean-up in a forest outside Moscow on Sunday in a bid to deflect attention from a rock concert protesting a $8 billion highway being built through it.
Russian bands to rock Moscow in protest at planned highway
17:49 18/08/2010
Some of Russia's most famous rock groups will play a concert in downtown Moscow on Sunday to protest a $8 billion highway being built through a forest just outside the Russian capital.
Administration building outside Moscow trashed in protest over deforestation - paper
10:55 29/07/2010
A group of masked men have trashed an administration building in Khimki outside Moscow in protest over the construction of a toll highway to run through a forest, Russian business daily Kommersant said on Thursday.
Police detain 15 environmentalists outside Moscow
05:02 24/07/2010
Russian police have detained about 15 environmentalists as they were trying to stop the cut down of trees in a disputed forest outside Moscow.
Moscow - St.Petersburg freeway
12:31 28/04/2010
The M-10-S route will be a toll freeway
Khimki residents seek referendum on toll road in Moscow region
11:33 10/12/2008
Residents of Khimki, a city northwest of Moscow, are preparing a referendum that could reverse a decision on constructing a toll expressway through a local forest, a Russian environmental official said on Wednesday.

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Motorway construction through Khimki Forest suspended
14:49 27/08/2010
Dmitry Medvedev announced this decision in his blog. The President instructed the Government to suspend the implementation of the resolution on the motorway construction through the Khimki Forest and to conduct further public and expert discussions on the issue.

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Khimki highway debate

The construction of the Moscow-St. Petersburg highway through the Khimki forest, part of Moscow's so-called greenbelt, began in 2006, sparking public protests against the destruction of a section of the centuries-old forest.

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