Divided into three parts and sold: residents of the Karelian village of Sheltozero managed to protect their pine forest from being cut down for construction
Businessman Vyacheslav Gorbachev, who, together with his sons, planned to build in a Vepsian village on the shore Onega lake A tourist camp, he sold the land allocated for it piecemeal. This was brought to the attention of a lawyer and Yabloko party member of the Petrozavodsk City Council. Olga Tuzhikova.
Gorbachev bought this plot back in 2012, and in 2023, his sons won grants from the Ministry of Economic Development.
for the construction of two glamping sites. Including SheltozeroHowever, local residents were not notified of this. They only became alarmed in early 2024, when they saw an ad on social media seeking workers to build a tourist center.
“As a local resident, I am of course against this logging, but if you look at all the documents, there is no justification for leaving the forest, they said Previously "NeMoskve" local residents. "The site is privately owned. The local government was able to impose some restrictions, so the logging will be spotty, not permanent. The best option would be if the entrepreneur were offered an alternative site further from the village, and he accepted it."
Now Olga Tuzhikova wonders whether the Ministry of Economic Development will ask for the return of the subsidies provided for the project's implementation.
"I also wonder if the businessman was driven to such actions by fear of losing the site due to the prospect of litigation with the Forestry Department, or by the inability to obtain approval for the construction of tourist centers due to the monstrous scale of the work, which could pose a threat to cultural heritage sites?" the deputy writes.