French construction firm Vinci involved in scandalous destruction of Russian forest

Protected Russian forest is being destroyed in order to build a new toll highway between Moscow and St. Petersburg. The campaign to save this forest has already suffered through outrageous acts against local residents and activists – including beatings, arson, and murder. That this is all happening during the UN Year of the Forest only adds another layer of tragedy to the situation, and French construction conglomerate Vinci doesn’t appear ashamed of its involvement in the destruction of this protected forest, the apparent disregard for its own environmental policy, nor the violation of its commitment to the UN Global

source: Greenpeace International