Losiny Island defenders were accused of "disobeying police" and fined.

The Mytishchi City Court fined the Losiny Island defenders. Irina Kuriseva, Irina Elagina, Sergei Vorobyov, Mikhail Rogov, Oleg Kapusta, and Andrei Rogov were fined 2,000 rubles. пишет "Mytishchi Says," Yelagina was forced to plead guilty, otherwise she was threatened with 15 days of arrest. A support group that had come to support the activists was barred from the courtroom. 

Yesterday, police detained five defenders of the Losiny Ostrov National Park in the Moscow region. required Stop work in the forest: the contractor has again begun spreading asphalt chips near the trees. The equipment damaged several trunks. 

The police who arrived on the scene sided with the workers. According to law enforcement, they had all the necessary permits. The Ministry of Natural Resources' response to activists stating that asphalt chips—a fourth-class hazardous waste—were not hazardous to the environment of the protected area also helped the work proceed. 

In the video of the arrest, no one resisted the police. The men and women were held overnight at Mytishchi Police Station No. 1. пишет "Regional Aspect" cited a participant in the events; one of those detained was a father of many children. 

Concerned residents have been defending Losiny Ostrov National Park from construction workers for over a month. According to government plans, a new road will run through the forest, easing traffic congestion in the Moscow region.