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Publish date: October 23, 2006
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Accompanied by Kamil Iskhakov, presidential plenipotentiary to the Far East Federal District, Abramovich made a working visit to Iceland to learn about the potential use of so-called “small energy” and geothermal energy to solve power shortage problems for Russia’s extreme north-eastern regions, the Polit.ru Russian news site reported.
Abramovich and Iskhakov met with Iceland’s president, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, and also had talks with the management of Iceland’s largest power company, Reykjavik Energy, the site said.
During the meetings, Abramovich, Iskhakov and Reykjavik Energy discussed possible applications in Russia’s ice-bound far eastern districts of the kinds of alternative energy Iceland has been forced to rely on for decades.
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.