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Protesters in Yekaterinburg kept toppling a fence, so now it's been replaced with this wall

5:05 pm, May 15, 2019

Source: Meduza

On May 15, crews in a Yekaterinburg public park started replacing the fence around a controversial construction site with a wall. The stronger barrier guards an area that will host a new cathedral. On May 13 and 14, thousands of protesters against the construction project <a href="https://meduza.io/en/feature/2019/05/14/on-their-second-day-of-anti-cathedral-protests-yekaterinburg-residents-toss-fencing-into-ponds-and-try-to-avoid-arrest" target="_blank">repeatedly</a> <a href="https://meduza.io/en/feature/2019/05/14/you-want-a-church-we-want-a-park-and-that-means-war" target="_blank">toppled the chain link fence</a>, leading to roughly <a href="https://meduza.io/en/news/2019/05/15/anti-cathedral-protesters-arrested-in-yekaterinburg-charged-with-hooliganism-as-two-are-jailed" target="_blank">30 arrests</a> for disorderly conduct. Despite the demonstrations, city officials have <a href="https://meduza.io/en/feature/2019/05/15/we-woke-up-in-an-occupied-city" target="_blank">refused</a> to suspend the cathedral's construction. — On May 15, crews in a Yekaterinburg public park started replacing the fence around a controversial construction site with a wall. The stronger barrier guards an area that will host a new cathedral. On May 13 and 14, thousands of protesters against the construction project repeatedly toppled the chain link fence, leading to roughly 30 arrests for disorderly conduct. Despite the demonstrations, city officials have refused to suspend the cathedral's construction.
Natalia Chernokhatova / URA.RU / TASS

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