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Poltava activist Yuri Trubachev has died.

В Kuban village of Poltavskaya died Yuri Trubachev, one of the most active fighters against the landfill.

Photos and videos of a wheelchair-bound activist blocking the road to the Poltava landfill have become a hallmark of environmental protests in the village. He has been detained by police multiple times, and administrative charges have been brought against him.

Trubachev was 68 years old and suffered from cancer.