Police raid apartment of anti-nuclear activist in Astravets

The police today in the morning raided the apartment of Mikola Ulasevich, the leader of civic initiative titled "Astravets Nuclear Station is a Crime" on the grounds that he stood behind the printing of 299 copies of the unregistered Astravets Herald that contained materials against the construction of a nuclear power plant in the area. Radio Svaboda notes that member of the initiative's organizing committee reckon that the nuclear station "cannot be built in a seismodangerous district like Astravets".

Mikola Ulasevich told the Belapan news agency that the police did not seize any documents. They inspected the apartment, made some photos of the computer and left.