On July 17 another
action of the radical environmental and cultural center "Duplo" took place.
At noon 9 activists and several representatives of mass media left the
camp headed off to Orekhovskaya dam. They didn't pass 600 meters when they
were stopped in the middle of the field by the forest engineer of the national
park Phyodor Filatenko. Referring to the order, that does not allow
the presence of people in the forest during the fire dangerous period,
he suggested that everybody should go back to the camp, because he forbids
them to be in the forest without official permission. During the argument
arouse the question of why there was a net laying on the dam. Filatenko
was very surprised to hear about it and offered journalists to go with
him and make sure there was no any nets on the dam. And all the others,
according to his words, had to remain at the place of conflict or go back
to the camp. Finally, he drove journalists to the dam, and we (9 activists)
continued on our way on foot. After visiting Orekhovskaya dam Filatenko
offers journalists to go see other dams in the area. We came right on time
to stop the filming group of Samara State Radio and Television Company,
who was going to leave with Filatenko. We took them back to the dam and
found the net hidden in the grass right by the road, that forest engineer
"could not" find. It was so called "sock" net, 15 meters in length. The
net was cut with an ax and eliminated. After that we liquidated metal cover
from the pipe in the dam, that was creating a brake in the natural flow
of water and was used for poach fishing.
This demarche was not the first taken this month on the territory
of "Samarskaya Luka". However, in spite of all our actions administration
of the region doesn't pay necessary attention to the problem, and doesn't
seem to be interested in trying to do anything to change the situation.
Therefore, we have to go over to the more radical measures.
Watch for further information from the protest camp.
On July 15 came to its end the trial over three ecologists from the movement "Civil Initiative", who attempted to blow up water preserving mechanism on one of the dams in the national park "Samarskaya Luka". This mechanism (a piece of metal that covers the pipe in the dam and does not allow water to go through) destroyed natural flow of water in the river and was used for poach fishing. By the court decision A. Solovykh and V. Basmanov got 2 years and 6 months, and A. Perfilyev got 3 years of prison (all sentenced conditionally). The court also ruled to take measures to solve the problem of poachers' dams in the park by August 15.
How you can find us or get a hold of us:
Telephone numbers
in Russia: (8462)79-33-78
– Number of the camp in "Samarskaya Luka"
(8462)35-32-62
– Information center in Samara. (if you are
on your way, you can spend the night there)
(8462)30-13-61
– If you could not get a hold of anyone by the previous numbers, use this
one!
E-mail: duplork@mail.ru faber@ssu.samara.ru
Address for additional connection:
Russia, 443004 Samara, ul. Kaliningradskaya, 26-11,
tel. (8462)30-13-61
- cultural center "Duplo"