MOSCOW (AP) — Environmental activists have called on Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to stop plans for building a government resort at a southern nature reserve.
Greenpeace, the World Wildlife Fund and other environmental groups have strongly criticized the presidential office’s plan to build a recreational facility at the Utrish national park near the Black Sea city of Anapa.
They said in a joint statement Wednesday that the project would jeopardize many endangered plants, as well as dozens of rare species of migratory birds.
The groups said that the authorities have blocked their activists from reaching the area. They denounced the project as a breach of law.
