Katya Balaban

Aug 29, 2023 | meduza.io | Sam Breazeale |Katya Balaban

Story by Katya Balaban for The Beet. Translation by Sam Breazeale. In the aftermath of World War II, Moscow set out to build a cascade of hydroelectric power stations in Soviet-occupied Latvia. But popular opposition to the looming loss of natural monuments along the Daugava River proved to be a stumbling block — one that grew increasingly insurmountable as the decades-long project marched on.