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The Newsletter of
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Socio-Ecological Union
A Center for Coordination
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Moscow, Russia -- Issue 1(23) - special,
January, 2002
IN THIS ISSUE:
THE IRON FELIX IS BACK?!
On The Orthodox Christmas day, January 7, some 60 people gathered in front
of FSB -
KGB building at Ljubjanka Square, Moscow. They held posters "Got a spy
position",
"Who's next?", "Is Felix Back?". It was a first action in series of actions
"Step forward
and help!" in support of Grigory Pasko, Russian environmental journalist,
accused of high
treason for revealing the truth about dangers coming from nuclear subs.
Moscow authorities
have not permitted the action. The action was carried out by
Socio-ecological Union
International, Center for Human Rights and democracy Development,
Ecodefense!,
"Yabloko" political party, Greenpeace Russia, The rainbow Keepers. Yelena
Bonner,
the widow of Andrey Sakharov, expressed her support for the action.
The action started by re-erection of Felix Dzerjinsky, KGB founder, statue,
at the
hill where it has once stood and from where during the perestroika it was
thrown down.
After that picketing began and it turned into spontaneous meeting. At the
end the Iron Felix
was removed from the hill. All this lasted for about half an hour, after
that militia offered to
leave the square peacefully. However, it was not all that peaceful; Young
man who played
the main role and was dressed up like Dzerjinsky got arrested. Parliament
members Sergey
Kovalev and Sergey Mitrokhin, who also participated in action, decided to go
to with him
and to insist on his release. The young man was freed after two hours.
In the nearest future actions in support of Grigory Pasko will be held in
Yekaterinburg,
Chelyabinsk, Birobijan, Volgodonsk, Novocherkassk, Rostov on Don, Kalach on
Don,
Yaroslavl, Nijni Novgorod, Vladivostok. On January 25, the birthday of
famous Russian
poet and singer Vladimir Visocky, concerts and performances in memory of
freedom speech
in Russia and in support of Grigory Pasko will be held in several Russian
cities.
Look for pictures at http://www.seu.ru/projects/eng/pasko.
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This issue was written and complied by
Sviatoslav Zabelin - the SEU Council Co-Chair, svet@seu.ru
Olga Berlova, Victoria Kolesnikova seupress@seu.ru
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