Letter to the Prosecutor of the Moscow District Anikin A.A. re: violence in the Khimki forest of Moscow

Dear Alexander Alexandrovich,

I am writing on behalf of Human Rights Watch to ask that your respective offices conduct effective investigations into a series of violent attacks against individuals protesting the construction of a highway between Moscow and Saint-Petersburg through the Khimki forest, and into reports of excessive use of police force with respect to the protesters.

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