The recent actions of the Ministry of Natural Resources suggest that this authority is either deliberately ignoring the law, or is not able to execute it.

Today many people all over the globe celebrate 40th anniversary of the UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. As for today, Russia possesses ten objects recognized as World Natural Heritage...

17 July, 2007. Nature of National park “Meschera” instead of textbooks, and Greenpeace staff, ecologists and teachers of Ryazan state university instead of school teachers. Students of six schools of the Ryazan region decided to dedicate a week...

February, 26, 2007. Greenpeace Russia goes on publishing information on environmental transparency of Russia’s largest companies. The second memorandum prepared by ANO “Independent Environmental Rating Agency” (“NERA”) upon the request of...

The State Duma endorsed in the first reading the law that will limit the right to hold meetings and demonstrations

March 26, 2004, Moscow. Yesterday in the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Russia (MEDT), due to the initiative of the deputy minister Mr Tsykanov, a meeting of representatives of environmental non-governmental organizations in Russia...

Moscow, Russian Federation. On April 9, 2005 an award ceremony to honor the laureates of the “Profession-Life” International Prize was held at the Conciliar Hall of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. The prize “For an Outstanding...

June 20, 2003. Village of Sudnozero, Republic of Karelia. Today, Greenpeace activists closed their environmental camp in the future Kalevala National Park. For 10 days, 12 Greenpeace activists from Germany, Denmark and Russia were installing...