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He is well acquainted with the Siberian forests that are going up in smoke, but also with the attempts at intimidation that climate activists often suffer. “The government hates us,” says Vladimir Slivyak, who together with his Ecodefense organization is carrying on his struggle in a country where fossil fuels reign supreme. And where, despite the recent environmental catastrophes, the politics of a “climate-skeptical” president is struggling to change. “There
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