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Bellona nuclear digest. May 2024
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
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Publish date: June 18, 2007
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In a one-man picket that did not require official approval, Alexander Putsep unrolled a poster that read “Mayor, we love you! Give us back the beauty!” The local police officers apprehended the environmentalist and brought him to the police station.
Putsel had been apprehended numerous times for made up reasons during his pickets against Murmansk Mayor Yury Evdokimov’s actions. The Procurator’s office has repeatedly confirmed the legality of Putsel’s actions, but he still continues to be apprehended against the law.
The police representatives declined to give a reason for their actions. Oleg Parshin, a police officer, told Putsel’s parents that “we are at the moment defining the clauses for the Murmansk District’s law infringement”.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
But it’s unlikely to impact emissions from shipping along the Northern Sea Route.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution and climate change.
The following op-ed, written by Bellona’s Charles Digges, originally appeared in The Moscow Times. In recent months, the Russian nuclear in...