Valentina Velichkina. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o45n7reaAdM

23 June 2023, 11:56

Stavropol activist detained after her picket in Moscow

In Moscow, policemen have detained Valentina Velichkina, an activist from the city of Mineralnye Vody who was holding a solo picket in defence of the nature reserve named "Beshtau Mountain".

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that in 2022, in Moscow, Valentina Velichkina, a pensioner, held a picket against the plans for the development of Mount Mashuk. After that, law enforcers came to Velichkina, who is regularly taking part in environmentalists' protest actions.

Velichkina went to Manezhnaya Square in Moscow with a poster against the destruction of the "Mount Beshtau" natural reserve. The police detained the woman and took her to the police station, but later released her, the human rights project "OVD-Info"* has reported.

After they evaluated the content of her poster, policemen decided not to draw up a protocol against Velichkina, the SOTA outlet has noted.

*Included by the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) into the register of foreign agents.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on June 22, 2023 at 03:56 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Source: Caucasian Knot

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