Technopark’s information hub was demolished at Shies

During a tour of Shies, eco-activist Anna Shekalova asked Tsybulsky why the information hub tent of Technopark still remained at the railway station. The company's employees began dismantling it at the governor’s request. Activists also showed Tsybulsky ballast under an awning which was not included into reclamation, buildings with domestic animals, and the remaining equipment.

According to section foremaster Alexey Dorozhkin, reclamation is slow due to the fact that activists still do not let the workers bring fuel and equipment for dismantling buildings. Tsybulsky tasked acting minister of nature of Arkhangelsk Oblast Leonid Utyugov with sorting the situation out, and foresters — with controlling the reclamation. Also, the acting governor of the region plans to restore the train stop at railway station Shies.

Land reclamation began in the area where it was planned to build a landfill soon after the authorities of Moscow excluded Shies from its territorial waste management scheme for the next 10 years. Igor Orlov, the governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast and the proponent of the landfill project, resigned on April 2, 2020. Alexander Tsybulsky, the acting governor, opposed the waste placement at Shies. On June 9, the authorities of Arkhangelsk Oblast dissolved the agreement with Technopark.

The construction of a landfill at station Shies on the border of Arkhangelsk Oblast and the Komi Republic began in the summer of 2018 without permits. Residents of the two regions organized a powerful protest campaign: they regularly held rallies and pickets in the cities and set a tent camp with a 24-hour duty at the station itself.

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