Ricordando Yuri….Remembering Yuri….

Greenaccord Neetwork remembers Yuri this way:My condolences to his family. I met Yuri for the first time, sitting nextto him in the bus, at the Greenaccord meet last year. He gave me a verygood picture of Russia with his sharp summary of issues and life in hiscountry.May he rest in peace.Keya…Dears,My condolences to his family. I met Yuri for the first time before 10 ormaybe 15 years. Since than we have permanent contacts, sharing the news,talking for environment and about our idea to establish the Associationof environmental journalists for CEE…I meet Yuri for the last time onmeeting in Parma, in march 2008…He was their to support the youngjournalists…He know to do it. We will miss…May rest in peace dear Yuri.Natasha Dokovskaexecutive directorJournalists for human rights…Dear Colleagues,It was with deep sadness that I learnt of Yuri’spassing. His passion for the protection of ournatural world and his dry wit were a joy toexperience. He was a delight to know. Heartfeltcondolences to his family.Sincerely,Leon Marshall…My condolences as well. I only met Yuri a few times but enjoyed ourconversations about journalism and the state of the world’s environment.I guess I assumed there would always be time to continue the discussion.Such is life. My heart goes out to his family.Christine MacDonaldJournalist & Author of “Green Inc,” The Lyons Press, 2008….Dear AllOur condolences to the family of Yuri. It is indeed a sad moment and wepray for his departed soul. May he rest in peace!All of us will miss him.regardsHuma Beg…Dear friends:From Uruguay we add to the condolences to the family of Yury in thisdifficult moment, saying a pray for his departed.The family of Greenaccord lost a good friend.Regards,Andrea Chinazzo…Dear all,It is very sad to learn that a fighter such as Yuri has left us. In aregionwhere environmental awareness was just starting, Yuri was a brave soldierbringing words of wisdom to those who were able to listen to him.Yuri, please continue your work wherever you are!Haroldo…Chers collègues,À mon tour, je présente mes condoléances à la famille de Yuri. Qu’ilrepose en paix et que la terre lui soit légère.Moussa…Dear All,i just known about the death of our lovely Yuri. I talked with him not along time ago for my birthday. I am very sad and need to express mycondolences to his entire family .We’ll be missing YURI: May his SOUL rest in Peace. We’ll be missing Yuri.So sad…Jean Claude…DearsMy condolences to the family of Yuri. It is very sad, The family ofGreenaccord lost a good friend.All of us will miss himAngélica EncisoReportera La JornadaMéxico City…Dear Friends,I am saddened about the loss of Yuri and my thoughts are with his wifeand family in this difficult moment.Whenever I lose a friend I try to think positively about the good time wespent together, and the energy that we generated with our thoughts andactions. And I always remind myself that it is what we do, say, and thinkwhile we are together, that really matters.Sail well, dear Yuri, we shall see you again in our meetings, talks, andsongs.Пока,Pavel P…Dear Yuri,I remember meeting you for the first time in the early ’90s, inprogrammes for Central and Eastern European journalists. Since then, ourroads kept crossing across the world – and we met for the very last timean year ago in Italy, at Greenaccord’s.I very much admired your energy and your beliefs! I was surprised thattime not only didn’t erode them, but you seemed even more enthusiasticyear after year, writing, making plans. I also very much enjoyed yourcompany, talking about nature and travels while sipping from a glass ofgood wine.I’m going to miss you, Yuri! May you rest in peace!Alexandru R. Savulescu…I remember Yuri. serious in the meetings, and friendly during the nightof concerts.Our GA family it won t be the same.Thanks, Yuri.I will never forget youEdwin Pérez…Queridos amigos:Es una noticia muy triste. Mis condolencias a su familia directa y a todala familia Greenaccord. Nos queda ahora recordar a Yuri con el entusiasmoque compartió en cada una de las veladas fraternas.Recuerdo cercanamente la presentación que hiciera hace dos años sobre losdesafíos de hacer periodismo ambiental en Rusia. Nos quedará a todos esalección.En esta hora de dolor, mi pensamiento pleno con ustedes.Un abrazo a todos,Zuliana LainezDear Friends,It is very sad news. My condolences to his immediate family and thefamily Greenaccord. We remind Yuri is now with the enthusiasm he sharedin each of the fraternal evenings.Closely recall the presentation made two years ago about the challengesof environmental journalism in Russia. We will all that lesson.In this hour of sorrow, my heart thought with you.Records,Zuliana Lainez…Dear Alfonso and collegues and friends of Greenaccord…I am so sorry about Yuri´s death! I always remember him chating andarguing at the coffe break, we have lost a very important member of ourspecial environmental family…Best wishes for his relatives in Russia…All the best,Ana G. WonhamTVE, Spanish Television,Madrid, Spain….Greenaccord is used to adding firends to enlarge our family. Now we foundourselves in an opposite situation: the loss of our dear Yuri.Nonetheless, for those who believe that Man can reach eternity throughhis works, and that life is a permanent flow, Yuri will be forever withus and among Nature.I have already sent my condolence to his family.un abrazo a todos/asÁlvaro – Uruguay…Dear Greenaccord friends,Yuri was such an insightful and interesting person to talk with atGreenaccord meetings! Like many others, I¹ll miss him. I much admiredwhat he was doing with his journal; he was helpful, too, personally on abook I was editing on the great Russian agricultural scientist NikolayVavilov.My condolences to Yuri¹s family. A wonderfully dedicated man.Jonathan Cobb…Am terribly sorry for the news. condolences to the family. ralph(Raphael Mollandy Mweninguwe)…I had the information that Yuri got a cancer last year, and I prayed thatthe disease could leave him. I am so sad that he left us.I knew Yuri in 2005, the first time I attend Greenaccord forum.We talked a lot. We both studied physics, and we shared many songs wefamiliar. Many Chinese are able to sing Russian songs, in fact, welearned them as Soviet songs.We had many idea on environmental problems. I introduced my paper ongarbage and industrial civilization to him. He translated my draft toRussia, and integrated some new material, and published it in themagazine he worked.That’s the our only co-worked article, and my first article published inforeign language.I met him in 2009 again (I wonder if I also met him in 2008 or 2007). Hetold that he hope to visit China, and I started to find a chance.I try to organize a conference on garbage in Beijing, and I plan toinvite him to attend, but I was failed to apply the fund.I can not believed that when I received an email from his wife that hegot a cancer. He looks so energetic, and he is so young. But I did nothave the further information until I read Alfonso’s email.I feel so sorry for that we lost a Greenaccord friend, Greenaccord lost aprominent environmental journalist.He will live in our memory, forever.Song TIAN