Arshak Makichyan

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Arshak Makichyan is a Russian climate activist originally from Armenia. Since December 2019, he has been going on a school strike alone every Friday for the climate on Pushkin Square in Moscow , for over 40 weeks. In Russia, individual protests are legal, while larger protests require police approval. Makichyan has applied for permission for larger protests over 10 times, so far without success.

He has inspired others across Russia to take part in the School Strike for the Climate, including other individuals picketed in Moscow. In December 2019, he was detained for six days, hours after he returned from Madrid, Spain, where he was speaking at the 2019 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 25).

Makichyan is a violinist.

See also

credentials

  1. ↑ a b Moscow's lone climate protester: 'We need to talk about it now' . In: Al Jazeera News , June 30, 2019. 
  2. ↑ Could Arshak Makichyan be Russia's answer to Greta Thunberg? . October 10, 2019.
  3. ^ Fridays for Future in Moscow: Teen Challenges Putin's Climate Inactivity . In: Spiegel Online , July 24, 2019. 
  4. ↑ a b c Russian climate activist inspired by Thunberg is jailed . In: The Guardian , December 20, 2019. 
  5. ↑ Meet Moscow's Lone #ClimateStrike Protester . In: The Moscow Times , April 26, 2019. 
  6. ^ I joined Moscow's secret climate strike movement and this is what I found . In: The Independent , November 15, 2019. 
  7. ↑ Russian Climate Activist Jailed After Greta Thunberg-Led Protest . In: The Moscow Times , December 20, 2019. 
  8. ↑ Climate strikes: Why Russians don't get Greta's climate message . In: BBC News , October 4, 2019. 

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SURNAME Makichyan, Arshak
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian climate activist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century