Vladimir Slivyak

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Vladimir Slivyak is a Russian environmental activist.

Vladimir Slivyak was born in Kaliningrad in 1973.^[1]

In 1989, Slivjak was one of the co-founders of the environmental organization Ecodefense! in Kaliningrad. In 1994, he achieved the decommissioning of a nuclear power plant in Lithuania. He was the first to draw attention to the dangers of transporting depleted uranium from Germany to Russia.^[1]

From 2011 to 2015, he taught environmental policy at the Moscow School of Economics.^[1]

In 2014, Ecodefense! was the first environmental organization to be classified as a foreign agent in Russia. Slivjak sued and defended himself against the associated restrictions, as did other members of the organization. He emigrated to Germany after the case proved unsuccessful.^[1]

In 2019, he and others made a documentary about the destruction of the landscape and threats to health in the Kuzbass coal region.^[1]

In 2021, Vladimir Slivyak received the Right Livelihood Award.^[2][1]

In 2022, Schönau Electricity Works was chosen as Stromrebel 2022.^[3]