Recently the news hit the Russian internet concerning the arrests of a group of environmental activists and a female journalist working near the so-called “Putin dacha,” in the area of Gelendzhik on the Idokopas cape. The three activists, Dmitry Shevchenko, Suren Gazaryan and Yekaterina Solovyova, formed part of the Ecological Watch for the North Caucasus. Rimma Akmirova, the journalist, is a reporter for the newspaper “Sobesednik.” Если Вы хотите прочитать оригинал данной статьи на русском языке, нажмите сюда. According to other greens in their organization, the activists traveled to Putin’s palac in order to “conduct a civic ecological inspection of the construction of the given facility, the legality of which has given rise to doubts.” It goes without saying that the authorities making these arrests have refrained from comment, however we do know that they have confiscated the personal items and equipment of the ecologists, including two notebooks, four photo cameras, two telephones, a modem, a GPS navigator – totaling more than 130,000 rubles worth of property (past experience would indicate that this property will be “lost” or somehow failed to be returned).