On 3 October, Oleg Lyzhin, an environmental activist was charged with “organizing a mass gathering of citizens, which resulted in violation of public order " for blocking a road to prevent trucks from delivering fuel for the construction of a garbage landfill in Arkhangelsk region. He was also sentenced to 20 hours of community service. Activists have been protesting the construction of the landfill designed for shipments of garbage from Moscow because they are worried 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.