![Meeting on the route for the Moscow-St Petersburg motorway construction.](http://static.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/NZs1z4fMq4vAMxBzrq7mTnKKbyW7k7HA.jpeg)
On August 26, 2010 the President instructed the Government to suspend the project's implementation and conduct further public and expert discussions on the issue, a decision widely supported by environmentalists.
In mid-September hearings were held at the Civic Chamber on the felling of the Khimki Forest.