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New Protest Held Against Volokolamsk Landfill Near Moscow
Radio Free Europe ^ | March 24, 2018 | With reporting by AP, AFP, and Dozhd

Posted on 03/24/2018 6:03:04 AM PDT by BeadCounter

VOLOKOLAMSK, Russia -- About 1,000 people have protested again in Volokolamsk, some 100 kilometers west of Moscow, demanding the closure of a landfill that has been leaking toxic gas that harmed dozens of children this week.

The protesters gathered outside the local administration headquarters, many of them wearing pink ribbons as homage to a local schoolgirl who shamed Moscow region Governor Andrei Vorobyov with a defiant gesture during a previous protest.

The March 24 protest came despite the fact that Vorobyov the previous day fired the district chief, after dozens of local children were hospitalized on March 21 due to apparently breathing gas that leaked from the Yadrovo landfill near Volokolamsk.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: russia

1 posted on 03/24/2018 6:03:04 AM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: BeadCounter

There are real environmental problems. The global warming hoax insures that they will be ignored


2 posted on 03/24/2018 6:10:33 AM PDT by Spok ("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho))
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To: BeadCounter

Chernobyl ultimately brought down the USSR.


3 posted on 03/24/2018 7:02:32 AM PDT by Sam_Damon
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