Pickets against seizure of land for the Sochi Olympics
Sochi, waiting Olympic Games and evictions
Protest actions against forced 2014 Olympics connected seizure of land in Sochi have been staged in Moscow on Pushkinskaya square and in front of the Duma building by a group of Sochi residents.
Protest actions against forced 2014 Olympics connected seizure of land in Sochi have been staged in Moscow on Pushkinskaya square and in front of the Duma building by a group of Sochi residents.
"The activists were stopped from having the picket near the Russian President’s Administration headquarters. When the first picket participant unfurled a placard he was approached by several policemen, who warned him that if the action went on he would be arrested ", - Lyudmila Mamina, ‘’Other Russia’’ NGO press secretary, was quoted as saying to the "Gazeta.ru" online periodical.
According to the "Zhivaya Kuban" newspaper, the organizer of the action is reported to be the "Union of Imeretinka Residents" Sochi based NGO.