INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
sweeping repressions unparalleled for wartime Russia last year.While politicians and loyal bloggers wage a campaign to promote the alleged
benefits of copper mining for the regional economy, locals appear ready to risk repression and arrests to protect their scenic Indigenous
along the banks of the Bolshoi Kizil (Olo Kyzyl) river, forming a picturesque landscape that makes the range and its surroundings one of the
Russian Copper Company (RCC)
petition calling on President Vladimir Putin to halt the project and amend the federal-level law on mineral extraction
works at Kryktytau could bring toxic waste to the Bolshoy Kizil and Maly Kizil rivers, which supply drinking water to the nearby town of
Salavatskoe, an entity linked to RRC, confirmed that the company obtained a license for exploration and mineral production at Kryktytau near
the Abzelilovsky district and prominent environmental and Indigenous rights activists, who believe the mining works are due to start way
of Kryktytau without naming an official reason for the decision
At least 300 people were expected to attend the rally near the villages of Kazmashevo and Amangildino in the Abzelilovsky
figures coming together to stand up to the authorities, in the case of Kryktytau, the government and developers it backs have been seemingly
environmental defenders [and other] concerned citizens of Bashkortostan are becoming accomplices in this PR campaign by liking, commenting
