"Hands off the children!"
eco-activist Olga Popova, who, together with her family, opposes the placement near residential buildings Stebaevskoye rural settlement (Lipetsk region) landfill, was summoned for a conversation to the juvenile affairs inspectorate, сообщается in the public page of the initiative group "What's next for us?" The head of the district administration David Todua reported to the inspectorate that the Popov children had taken pictures with posters in defense of the nature of their native land.
"Unprecedented pressure is being exerted on activists through their children! Today, in a phone conversation with activist Olga Popova, Lyudmila Viktorovna Fomina, Senior Inspector for Juvenile Affairs at the Lipetsk District Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, reported that the head of the district administration, David Valerievich Todua, filed a complaint. Olga has been summoned for questioning as a result. She is also inviting activists to be questioned regarding the children's posting of posters on social media.", - this and other groups in the region reported.
It's about post, in which children are photographed holding posters with the following inscriptions: "People are more important than money," "Let's save nature in Stebaevo," "No to the landfill in Stebaevo—there are springs and water sources there.".
Residents of the area wrote dozens of comments in support of the family: "What nonsense?! What a wonderful and exemplary family! What beautiful and talented children!" "When arguments run out, the most vile methods are resorted to!" "Hands off the children! The Popov family is united in its fight against bureaucratic abuses in the Lipetsk region, who are already ready to resort to gangster crime, damaging the psyche of children.".
Residents of the villages are not new to this are struggling against the construction of the eco-technopark and find everything new forgeries and frauds, admitted in the permitting documentation. The Popov family accepts Active participation In defense of their land: a family moved to an ecologically clean place to raise their children in harmony with nature.
Photo: VK group "What's After Us?"