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Eat it, civil society

Posted on December 9, 2010 by

This morning, a front page Vedomosti story, citing several Kremlin sources, confirmed what everyone knew was going to happen in the Khimki forest: the road will be built as planned, through the already hacked-up forest. Which is what I told … Continue reading →

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Rolled up

Posted on August 5, 2010 by

The fight over the Khimki forest has been escalating ever since 2004, when a document outlining the planned route of a new (and badly needed) highway connecting Moscow and St. Petersburg was published. The planned route, according the document, had … Continue reading →

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