19:55, 22 August 2026

The Tuapse eco-activist was arrested due to correspondence in Telegram.

The court arrested activist Denis Matveev from "EcoWatch for the North Caucasus" due to correspondence in support of Ukraine.

A search took place on August 21 at the eco-activist's home in Tuapse, Denis Matveev, he has been arrested, reported the author of the Telegram channel "Titushki in Krasnodar" and military pensioner Vitaly Votanovsky.

"Minimal information. A search and arrest for personal correspondence in Telegram in support of Ukraine. Someone from his friends leaked personal correspondence or his account was hacked," Votanovsky's words are quoted by "Horizontal Russia 7x7".

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", ecologists, activists, and residents of Khosta in 2021 protested against plans to build 17 thirteen-story buildings on the territory of the former "Southern" tourist base, Denis Matveev conducted a dendrological survey of the forested area of the tourist base and was detained by security forces.

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