Khimki forest

 
President Medvedev made the following announcement on his blog yesterday evening!
 

In a highly disturbing - and suspicious - development, the battle to stop a highway being built through Khimki Forest turned violent on Wednesday as crowds of youths wearing bandanas and ski masks attacked the Moscow suburb’s town hall with Molotov cocktails.
Police responded quickly by detaining 16 environmental activists camped out in the forest who claimed to be unconnected to the attack.

The Khimki forest is located just 5km to the North of Moscow, and is a part of Russia’s equivalent of “Green Belt”, intended to protect the forest. A new motorway is to be built through the forest, connecting Moscow and St Petersburg, dividing the forest with is valuable eco-system in half.