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played a key role in their future progress if the opposition politician had not died, experts and activists told The Moscow Times.While
Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) picked up hot environmental issues that garnered significant public attention.Following a huge oil spill at
a facility operated by metals giant Norilsk Nickel in May 2020, Navalny criticized the lack of responsibility and transparency in the
the federal government doesn't give a damn."Seeking to shed light on depleted uranium imports, Navalny's team once approached a major
environmental organization in Russia for more information, an environmental activist who requested anonymity due to their affiliation with a
territories and their exploitation undoubtedly intersect with the environmental agenda even if there was no intention to look at it that
unite in addressing problems, with the shtaby bringing together about 200,000 people.Some of Navalny's regional coordinators were also
active environmentalists, like Andrei Borovikov, an activist in the Shiyes garbage protests in the Arkhangelsk region, or Alexei Shvarts,
who opposed uranium mining in the Kurgan region.Navalny himself spoke at a rally against the construction of a mineral processing plant in
And it's normal because if it's an attempt to build a real party and not some imitation, then you have to respond to those local
than just to preserve a single flower or sort garbage into bins, it is indeed a political issue
However, at some point, the connection with Navalny carried more risks than opportunities," the expert noted.Beyond populismIn Russia, where
though it was not primarily their job, but that of activists, Slivyak said.When Greta Thunberg faced a backlash in Russia after her
emotional speech at the 2019 UN climate action summit, Navalny spoke out in defense of the renowned Swedish climate activist and her
don't know who else spoke like that
I haven't heard any other politicians from any spectrum in Russia being so bold and independent in their judgments that they could afford to
presidential platform did not contain a specific environmental agenda, Slivyak said he believes it would have "absolutely for sure" appeared
unjustly branded as a "foreign agent" by the Russian government
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