On 22 September, Elena Fokina, an environmental activist was detained by police while protesting with other activists against the construction of a landfill in Arkhangelsk region designed for shipments of garbage from Moscow. She was fined 10,000 rubles for participating in an unauthorized rally against the landfill on April 7. Environmental activists say the garbage shipments will include highly hazardous waste and food that will decompose without oxygen and will emit toxic gases such as hydrogen sulfide and methane. The released gases will allegedly poison the atmosphere for many kilometers in all directions and toxic filtrates will enter the regions’ water supply. The inhabitants of the nearby villages of Madmas and Urdoma will be the first to suffer.