INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Dozens of environmental activists have fled Russia following the invasion of Ukraine in an exodus that has reduced focus on fighting climate
fewer people ready to speak out at all
While some continue to pressure the Russian government from abroad, others have switched their focus to opposing the war in Ukraine or
They charged me with discrediting [the Russian Armed Forces]
I hoped it would all stop
working for youth protest movement Vesna
Its Arctic and Siberian regions are warming more than twice as fast as the rest of the world.The country has taken tentative steps in recent
years to address environmental issues, ratifying the Paris Climate Agreement and last year announcing the target of reaching net-zero
But the Ukraine war has led to significant steps backward, from the persecution of activists to the cutting back of significant
For two months, we have been living as illegals here
activist, Arshak Makichyan, left the country in March and now also lives in Germany
Samylova / TwitterIn Georgia, Russian activists have participated in efforts to improve the local environment, Drobotov and Klimova told The
who left Russia for the United States last year
MakichyanAnna Antanayrite / GreenpeaceRussian climate change groups and activists, including Epifantseva, last month filed a lawsuit in
Vladimir Nikolaev, a veteran environmental activist from the Siberian city of Tyumen who moved to Georgia after the invasion of
