Rainbow Keepers In Russia Attacked

The Rainbow Keepers are an anarchist ecological movement active in protesting against various projects in the former USSR. They started a camp on the 10th August to protest against the construction of the Rostov nuclear power plant situated thirteen kilometres away from Volgodonsk in the Rostov-on-Don region of Southern Russia.

This project is very unpopular among the local population and even the local administration seem to be not so thrilled by it. In spite of this, the Ministry of Nuclear Energy is putting pressure on the local administration and is quickly recruiting personnel to work at the nuclear power plant. Early in the morning on 22nd August the camp was attacked and people were searched and beaten by people in military clothes who wore no identification. They did this with extreme brutality and people who resisted were given death threats. Afterwards one of the people who had been beaten saw an attacker on guard at the nuclear power plant.

It would be good to show some international solidarity with this struggle since their camp is thirteen kilometres out in the steppe and there are no local people to help them. For more information tel/fax: 7 095 298 3987 or e-mail: rk@glas.apc.org or cube@glas.apc.org. or ed@cci.glasnet.