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Publish date: May 15, 2006
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Prosecutor’s office is looking for a polluter and initiated a criminal case. Eliminators of the spill established barriers, but these measures are not enough. Oil can get to the Finnish Gulf in case of rains, RusEnergy reported. Military departments deny their fault in oil leakage in Leningrad region. The main stuff of the Leningrad military region stands on usage of either gas or solid fuel for heating.
An accident aboard numerous Volgoneft oil tankers in the Kerch in mid December clearly show what can happen to aged ships when they are operated in bad weather—and when economic and military objectives are prioritized over the lives of crews and environmental safety.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution and climate change.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
A visit last week by Vladimir Putin and a Kremlin entourage to Astana, Kazakhstan sought in part to put Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, on good footing with local officials.