Desertification causes crop failure in southern Russia. In the Rostov region, 17.5% of the territory has now become desertified. But in the crackdown on any voice of dissent, even environmentalists fighting to protect wooded areas are being targeted.

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1. Russia is grappling with a collapse in grain harvests, which fell to 105 million tonnes at the beginning of September compared to 130 million last year, according to the Moscow Ministry of Agriculture.

   This is a crucial sector of the economy, especially for southern regions such as Rostov-on-Don, where the damage is estimated at around 4 billion roubles (40 million euro, ed.) mainly due to drought.

   Climate change has transformed the ecosystem of the area, and the land does not receive enough moisture, causing crops to die. The authorities have acknowledged that 28 Russian federal subjects are affected by desertification covering approximately 80 million hectares, but attempts to save green spaces in Russia are considered a crime rather than a merit by citizens.

   Twenty-six-year-old Evgeny Papirov from the village of Novobessergenevki in the Rostov region organised protests with others against reckless and environmentally dangerous deforestation, and control measures were imposed on him whereby he is not allowed to leave his home after 10 p.m. and is not allowed to leave his village by court order.

   Papirov has been charged with assaulting a neighbour, causing him to break his arm, but local residents claim that the victim is on the list of the psycho-neurological clinic and that it was probably him who attacked first.

2. If anyone deserves to suffer climate change it’s Russia

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