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2 years

On our wedding day, we say fuck the war

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I have never seen anything like this. Berlin. It's getting worse and worse by every day.

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3 years

Almost all young people in Russia are against insanity what is happening in here. There were big protests all over Russia. More than 100 thousand took to streets (more than 2500 detained). I don't know what will happen next, but we will win in the end. St. Petersburg on picture.

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There will be a trial and I can be arrested for up to 10 days or fined, but for now I'm free. Why were we detained? For 3 person standing on the square. We've sent an apllication for a mass strike and they refused us illegally. What else can we do?

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Sometimes I have feeling that we live in occupied territories. Half of city center was "closed down".One man set himself on fire! More than 4000 people were detained.I don't know what will happen next, but there are lot of us, we are tired of putting up with all this #FreeNavalny

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My 44th week. Near the Australian Embassy in Moscow. #StopAdani #FridaysForFuture #AustraliaFires

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My 47th week in Arkchangelsk. -27 C°. But we are striking because climate "change" it's not about weather but about survival and our future. #climatestrike

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She wants to strike, but russian laws do not allow any protest if you are under 18. "It's our future in our country" #ClimateStrike #FridaysforFuture #RussiaForClimate #LetRussiaStrikeForClimate

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4 years

43 week! #FridaysForFuture

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2 years

Today's protests in Russia were bigger than a week ago. A lot of violence from the police. Thousands are detained. By the way. If Europe does not refuse Russian oil and gas, then the Russian government getting richer – Russian people more dependent on the government and poorer.

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5 years

More than 600 people in 30 cities of Russia. Activism works in Russia :) #FridaysForFuture

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4 years

My 42nd week! @GretaThunberg and activists from all around the world support me/FFF Russia and I want to say thank you to all of you for that. I've met a lot of activists during the COP and I want to say, that you are amazing. 1/3

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2 years

I am near the Turkish consulate in Berlin. Police are not ok with my strike (they say it's illegal!), and people from the consulate say that I am a liar.

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I'm tired, but free. Thank you, everyone, so much for your support! Tomorrow is Friday and my 42nd week. Together we will win! #ClimateStrike

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My 45th week! Solidarity with Australia. #StopAdani #AustraliaBushfires

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5 years

They refused us for a mass strike in Moscow, that's why I've decided to strike every day till Sept. 27. Near the president administration. #ClimateEmergemcy

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My 46th week Winter has come. January 24. #FridaysForFuture

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My 49th week. The local government illegally refused us the right for a mass strike. But a lot of people joined our queue for a single strike and came to support us. We love our planet and we are not going to give up. #LetRussiaStrikeForClimate

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2 years

we, Russian, Ukrainian, and Polish activists are now in Berlin, ready to have a dialogue with any German politician to make it clear what urgency and actions are needed to truly respond to the war in Ukraine. but so far the key officials are hiding from us.

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5 years

i’m arrested with 2 other activists.

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2 years

new flag of real Russia. we will pay reparations to Ukraine. we will be sorry forever for things done by our government. people won’t be afraid of Russia. and people who died and suffered from the terrible regime will be remembered forever. real Russia is us.

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4 years

I’m detained from the strike. Don’t know why. In the police car, waiting for something.

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My 77th week. Most of the people in Russia don't understand, what is it a climate strike? Is it about weather? Our media should talk about the climate crisis more, but most of them owned by fossil fuel corporations. And activism the only way to change something. #FridaysForFuture

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My 30th week! And some pictures near the place, where politicians saying, that coil is great for climate. "I/we Greta Thunberg!" #FridaysForFuture

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The police just came up and asked how much I was being paid for it? They took a picture of my passport. #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike

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2 years

Gorbachev has died. One of the few Russian rulers who died a man, not a tyrant. Rest in peace.

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4 years

My 52nd week. It's great that I'm not alone. But it would be better, if the Moscow government allowed us to strike together (hold more than one poster at the same time) #FridaysForFuture

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My 25th week! #ClimateEmergency

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My 27th week. St. Petersburg. #ClimateEmergency

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My 31 week! And some part of the queue for single strike (the local government refused us for a mass strike). #FridaysForFuture

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3 years

My 95th week. According to the new laws, anyone in Russia can now be labeled a foreign agent, charged with a lot of fines, and given criminal record. They are afraid of power of international solidarity. Their power is powerless. They belong to the past, we are the future.

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My 35th week in St. Petersburg. Near the Gazprom office. The government here refused us for a mass strike and we had to strike in a queue. #FridaysForFuture

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My 107th week. We demand green recovery, climate action and justice in Russia. According to the latest scientific data – Russia is not from Planet "B". #ClimateStrike

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My 93rd week. A year ago, on this day, I was at detention center. It was boring and scary, but I knew I wasn't alone. All over the world, people came out in support of me. Thank you! The next year will be tough, but we are together and we are unstoppable. #LetRussiaStrikeOnline

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My seventh week! "Mass media are silent about global warming, But we will suffer" Difficult to translate it better. #climatestrike #FridaysForFuture #Moscow

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4 years

My 51st week. #FridaysForFuture

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5 years

Funny day :)

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3 years

My 96th week. Climate crisis – not global warming. Our politicians play in the geopolitical games, instead of solving real problems. #ClimateStrikeOnline

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4 years

My 75th week. Terrible things are happening in Russia, but we must not forget about the climate crisis. The authorities not only poison and kill independent and honest people, but also our future. We don't forget that. #FridaysForFuture

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3 years

Activism is not a crime. Today is global strike for climate, but we in Russia striking for the defenders, not for climate. Because without the defenders there won’t be any climate action.

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2 years

I have a question. What would happen, if we spent all our military budgets on fighting climate crisis? 100 thousand soldiers in Russia fighting wildfires, planting trees, building wind turbines and solar panels. 2 trillion $ every year to make our future safe again. Just imagine

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My name is Arshak. I am 28 in years old. For 27 of those years, I have lived in Russia. I graduated from school, and then from the Moscow Conservatory. My wife is Russian. 1/8

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My fifth week! "I want as in Paris, Ban on disposable plastic, waste sorting. And stand here not alone!" #climatestrike #FridaysForFuture

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2 years

Are we going to see Armenian flags in solidarity with Armenian people on governmental buildings in Europe?

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4 years

My 64th week. Now the police in Russia arresting people simply for single strikes on the streets. The police are breaking the law. Solidarity with all people who are prosecuted in these difficult times. #ClimateStrikeOnline

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3 months

Elon Musk blocked the account of Yulia Navalnaya (the Navalny’s widow). WTF.

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2 years

“You are building the roads to the climate collapse” ⠀ In Russia, the government is trying to close down NGOs that were helping us when we were illegally arrested for peaceful protests. ⠀ It's scary to protest but the climate crisis is scarier.

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3 years

Natalia Zubkova an independent journalist from coal region was attacked and threatened by two unknown persons. I met her when I was in Kiselevsk last year. A picture from single strike, she supported our strikes then. Please support Natalie.

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2 years

we decided to stay in Russia. we had tickets to Armenia for today, but our struggle in Russia now is more important than our safety and plans. the world has changed. the war is happening and there is no life as usual anymore. there is solidarity with Ukraine or disaster

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5 years

Russua is burning and they doing nothing. That's why we've decided to strike outside the presidential administration. #ClimateEmergency

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5 years

🔥 Wildfires and smoke have stretched across 6 time zones in Russia. That’s further across than the entire mainland US. Experts have blamed high temperatures and ineffective environmental policies. (Photo: NASA Worldview/Pierre Markuse/Flickr/CC)

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2 years

I feel so terrible because of the actions of our “government”. Russian people want a normal life and freedom – not war. Russian government taking everything from us, even Valentine's day. All our thoughts are with Ukraine. Stay strong.

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4 years

Today we decided to strike in support of Krasnoyarsk, where they announced another "black sky mode". People are dying from air pollution — is this not a reason to leave fossil fuels in the ground? If you don't believe in "climate change" then believe your eyes and #ActNow .

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3 years

My 101 week. #NordStream2 is a mistake. The time of fossil fuels is over. We need joint projects with Europe on renewable energy, not dying (and poisoning our present and future) fossil fuel industries. #СтопСеверныйПоток #climatestrikeonline

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2 years

Russian government wants to cancel my citizenship for my activism. A thread about it:

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2 years

My name is Arshak. I am 28 in years old. For 27 of those years, I have lived in Russia. I graduated from school, and then from the Moscow Conservatory. My wife is Russian. 1/8

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4 years

We decided to devote this Friday to the topic "What gives you the hope to continue your activism"? When I started my strikes a year ago, I had no hope. Now I have hope and a lot of friends. So our strike and the #FridaysForFuture movement give me hope. #DigitalStrike

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2 years

In the police department in Moscow (Brateevo!) police are torturing girls, who have been peacefully protesting against the war. More than 4000 thousand are detained today. Russia is against this war. It's Putin's war. Not ours. #StandWithUkraine and antiwar movement in Russia.

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3 years

My 99th week. "Climate crisis is human rights crisis". We are not afraid of repression, we will continue to fight for our future. People are the power! I'm demanding to release all illegally detained/arrested people. #climatestrikeonline

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2 years

Putin blocked Twitter, Facebook and everything (doing his best), because he is losing the war. Ukraine stay strong! Real Russia is with you! And real Russia is sorry for terrible crimes done by Russian government. Real Russia is on the streets. Or in jail…

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today there is no climate strike at all in Russia. one of the biggest emitters in the world. and…there are 100 thousand militaries near the Ukrainian border. We should fight for our future – not for authoritarian regime ambitions. Stop this insanity.

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17th week. I'm not alone anymore :) #FridaysForFuture #ClimateEmergency

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My tenth week! "Mas media are silent about global warming, But we are the ones who will suffer". #ClimateStrike #FridaysForFuture

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4 years

The police came to the hotel and asked for written explanations. They put pressure on all the activists. But it's our future. #FridaysForFuture

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5 years

Still waiting for the trial. My 34th week. Near the Norwegian Embassy We've given them a letter with Greenpeace Russia. "Don't set a bad example to Russia, Please" #PeopleVSArcticOil #FridaysForFuture

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“If you’re not an activist now, then you are part of the crime”

Q&A: Moscow’s ‘lone climate protester’ confronts war on Ukraine

Al Jazeera speaks to Arshak Makichyan, a prominent climate activist who calls for an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine.

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My 81st week. #climatestrikeonline , as the situation is getting worse in Moscow. During the madness that's happening, we shouldn't forget that we can make a difference. Join our strikes. Our future at stake! #FridaysForFuture

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My friend’s picket in Volgograd. “Not to war! I demand the withdrawal of Russian troops from the territory of Ukraine and its borders”

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My 13th week! "The UK, Ireland declared climate emergency. Are we from another planet?" #fridaysforfuture #ClimateEmergency #Moscow

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2 years

Protests in Armenia for leaving the CSTO. And a Ukrainian flag in solidarity with Ukraine. People in Armenia hate Putin more than you can imagine. People in Armenia want to live in a free country in a peaceful world. #StandWithUkraine #StandWithArmenia

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2 years

We stand with Armenia in Berlin. Join us, don’t be silent about Azerbaijan's war crimes.

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5 years

18th week. Moscow :) I'll send more photos later #ClimateEmergency

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1 month

Yesterday I asked the most famous russian oppositional political scientist this: "Why don't public Russians, including Ekaterina Shulman, speak out against racism and migrantophobia in Russia? Thank you."

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5 years

22nd week! Cologne (Gladbach) #FridaysForFuture

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3 years

Моя 100-я неделя. Не сдаемся и ищем пути. #climatestrikeonline

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5 years

I'm arrested. Do not worry.

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3 years

Happy Birthday, Greta ❤

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3 years

Being a climate activist in Russia is like: I'm too lazy to register our strike on the global strike. At the same time: We are not afraid of being detained/arrested. Mysterious Russian soul or Russia is from planet "B"? Anyway, come and visit us – it's fun.

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My 104 week. @roscomnadzor is trying to slow down @Twitter in Russia but I have better idea - let’s slow down climate change. #FridaysForFuture

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4 years

My 73rd week. I decided to temporarily switch to #climatestrikeonline , as cases of Covid-19 are growing in Moscow. I'm not going out today because I think it's right, not because I was "prohibited" (human rights can't be prohibited).

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My 85th week. In support of the indigenous people of Dagestan, Nogais who are facing desertification and asking for help, but the government doesn't pay attention to their problems. We must help the most vulnerable. We are together in this crisis. #climatestrikeonline

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5 years

My fourth week! "For waste sorting Against garbage-oligarchs" #climatestrike #fridaysforfuture #moscow

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1 year

Met Museum recognizes the most famous Armenian painter Aivazovsky as Ukranian. Western decolonization is colonization.

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3 years

103 неделя. На пикет запрета нет. #FridaysForFuture

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5 years

I'm free :) Everything is fine

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2 years

Trial for Putin – peace for Ukraine. That's are our demands.

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Washingtonpost, BBC, the Guardian, Reuters, Spiegel and dozens of other big media have written about the movement FridaysForFuture Russia, and russian TV is discussing who is behind Greta. We're behind Greta!

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8 months

I am tired of everything. I’m tired of painting new posters: war, blockade, genocide, deportation.

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4 years

My 79th week. In Russia, they sometimes fine us just for single strikes, but there are countries where everything is much worse. If you want to go on a single strike in Belarus, it's the law to pay the state about $100. Even worser in China and many other countries. 1/2

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Today was my last final exam at university. And now it's my 12 week of climatestrike. #fridaysforfuture #ClimateStrike #Moscow

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2 years

Stop financing the war in Armenia. #StandWithArmenia #embargo

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5 years

Look at this wonderful strikes in Turkey. Please note that the posters are not only in Turkish, but also in Armenian. To solve these crisis, we need to forget about old grievances to save our future. Let us forget prejudice for the sake of the planet and children.

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2 years

I'm not going to keep quiet. Vladimir Vladimirovich is a war criminal and murderer, not the president of Russia. And I am Arshak, a citizen of Russia. I demand his resignation Whatever the court decides on June 9, I will continue my fight for the normal Russia of the future. 8/8

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2 years

Every day go to sleep with a feeling, that tomorrow we will be arrested or searched. I didn't do anything wrong. All my life I was trying to do the right thing. To get better. And now in Russia people are arrested just for speaking up against this insanity.

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2 years

Russian army is attacking solar power plant in Ukraine. It’s so symbolic. A fossil fuel empire is attacking the energy of the future. They can win a battle, but they are losing the war.

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4 years

My 83rd week. These are difficult times (again) and each of us is facing loneliness, depression, or other problems. But it's important to remember that our voice matters and we can influence the situation. Stay strong! #climatestrikeonline

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5 years

21th week! On my way to Cologne. Lithuania, Kaunas #FridaysForFuture

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3 years

We organized an offline action with @greenpeaceru volunteers, where everyone could take a picture with our posters. No one was detained, as this is a private territory

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5 years

18 week :) #FridaysForFuture

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5 months

A few months have passed – the ethnic cleansing in Artsakh is forgotten by the world. A hundred years have passed – the Armenian genocide is still unrecognized by Turkey and Azerbaijan. Thread.

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2 years

People are protesting to save a forest in Moscow. At the same time, Russian government escalates hatred to destroy the planet. Russian people ≠ Russian government

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4 years

And a #DigitalStrike with a indigenous woman (shors). They have been fighting for a long time for our future. But it's difficult for them, because they are few and the state with coal companies takes away everything and destroy the planet. But we are not going to give up.

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