Stranger Things: How the vote for a road project through Losiny Ostrov National Park in the Moscow region unfolded 

The environmental project "Green Serpent" drew attention to obvious manipulations during the voting process. 

"Until June 20th, the picture was quite logical: one vote for the project and over a thousand against. But then, suddenly, a 'miracle' happened. The number of 'yes' votes began to increase rapidly: on June 25th, three and a half hours before the end of voting, there were almost 8,000 more. And then, after the official deadline had passed, as if by magic, another 3,000 votes were added."- says in a message on the project's Telegram channel.

Meanwhile, the number of votes continues to increase. As of today, the website Specified The number of votes "for" the project was 25,775, and "against" was 12,289. However, the number of page views was only 35,091. This is clearly less than the total number of votes (38,064), which raises questions. 

NeMoskva wrote about the problems of Losiny Ostrov, a unique national park where you can encounter moose and other animals in the forest, and offered Vote against the illegal road project through the national park. 

The park lands are constantly they are attempting Investors. In May 2024, experts from the "Earth Touches Everyone" project discovered five government procurement contracts for road construction totaling almost 134 million rubles. A shopping mall was also planned for the national park.