Arshak Makichyan

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Arshak Makichyan

Lopifalko: External links: interview with Makichyan at UNESCO

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'''Arshak Makichyan''' is a Russian climate youth activist, originally from Armenia.<ref name="aljazeera-brown"></ref> As of December 2019 he has staged a solo [[School strike for the climate]] every Friday in [[Pushkin Square]], [[Moscow]],<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> for more than 40 weeks.<ref name="guardian-watts">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In Russia, individual protests are lawful but anything larger requires police permission.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Makichyan has applied to hold a bigger demonstration unsuccessfully more than 10 times.<ref name="guardian-watts"/>

Makichyan has inspired others across Russia to do the same, including other single person pickets in Moscow.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In December 2019 he was jailed for six days.<ref name="guardian-watts"/>

Makichyan is a violin student.<ref name="aljazeera-brown"/><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

==References==


==External links==
*[https://ift.tt/2tFepKA "Arshak Makichyan: The lone picketer"] – interview with Makichyan at UNESCO




[[Category:Climate activists]]
[[Category:Russian people]]
[[Category:Armenian people]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Living people]]

December 21, 2019 at 04:49PM