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Will a garbage revolt threaten Putin?

  • Written by Laura A. Henry, Associate Professor of Government and Legal Studies, Bowdoin College
Citizens protesting at the Volokolamsk town hall, after noxious fumes from a local landfill sent 50 children to the hospitalRadio Free Europe

A steady stream of garbage-laden trucks moves the waste of Russia’s capital to landfills in the surrounding region. The resulting mountains of refuse emit noxious fumes and leach pollutants into nearby...

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