Moscow regional police continue their crackdown on businesses tied to the protests against an overflowing landfill

On Thursday, police in Volokolamsk (the Moscow suburb where residents have protested against an overflowing local landfill) raided the home of Yulia Kulikova, one of the defense attorneys for Artem Lyubimov, a businessman recently arrested “for resisting police.” Lyubimov has helped organize many of the town’s protests against the “Yadrovo” garbage dump. Officers also reportedly raided his home.

On April 12, law enforcement also raided the offices of the newspaperVolokolamsk Weekly and the “Moscow Raceway” sporting arena — both owned by the businessman Rustem Teregulov. According to the newspaper’s chief editor, police officers and investigators were looking for evidence of affiliations with several other companies suspected of criminal activity. Volokolamsk Weekly has reported extensively on the local protests against air pollution caused by the Yadrovo landfill.

This isn’t the first time the Moscow regional authorities have raided the offices and homes of local businessmen who supported Volokolamsk’s protesters.