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Prominent Russian environmentalist brutally beaten
« on: December 31, 2017, 01:14:58 am »
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Prominent Russian environmentalist brutally beaten :: WRAL.com
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MOSCOW — The leader of a prominent Russian environmental group has been brutally beaten by unknown attackers, his deputy said Friday.

The Environmental Watch on the North Caucasus for years has exposed illegal landfills, the destruction of landscapes and the contamination of waterways in Russia's south. Some investigations have exposed land grabs by local officials who have built mansions in pristine forests and on the seacoast.

The group's leader, Andrei Rudomakha, was attacked in the southern city of Krasnodar on Thursday by three masked men who knocked him down and started beating him, his deputy Dmitry Shevchenko told The Associated Press.

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