A Krasnodar resident held a picket demanding that the green area not be developed.

A picket against development of a green area in the Yubileyny microdistrict took place today in Krasnodar. Security forces approached a picketer but did not interfere with the protest.

As reported by "Kavkazsky Uzel," Krasnodar authorities announced a public discussion of plans to build a church on the embankment, which residents of the Yubileyny microdistrict were protesting. Commenters on Telegram demanded that the authorities preserve the green space near the river.

A resident of the Yubileiny microdistrict held a solo picket today against the development of a green space, 93.ru reported. As can be seen from the photograph attached to the post, the activist held a sign reading "No to development in the green zone of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk municipal district."

An hour after the protest began, a police officer approached the girl, inquiring about the details of the picket. After a brief questioning, the officer did not detain the activist, and she continued to stand with the sign, the publication states.

There are already two churches in this part of the Yubileyny microdistrict, a local activist told the Caucasian Knot in 2024. "There is a chapel five minutes' walk from the proposed construction site, and the large Nativity Church is 15 minutes' walk away," he said.

As a reminder, in September 2024, residents of the Yubileyny microdistrict held two cleanup days in the recreation area where construction is planned. The goal of the protests was to show the authorities that this was not a wasteland, but a green space of interest to residents, according to those who participated in the cleanups.

On September 25, a Krasnodar resident held a solo picket near the building of the Legislative Assembly of Kuban. He demanded that the green space in the Yubileiny microdistrict be preserved and that construction be stopped there. Activists in Krasnodar also submitted four applications for a residents' rally, planning to discuss the proposed development of the green space. However, all applications were rejected.

Back in December 2021, activists protested against the construction of a new church on the embankment in Krasnodar. Residents of the Yubileiny microdistrict also protested. Embankment defenders believe it is necessary to build educational and leisure facilities for children in the microdistrict. In January 2022, activist Yana Antonova held a solo picket against the transfer of land on the embankment to the Russian Orthodox Church for the construction of a church.