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A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
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Publish date: January 18, 2006
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According to the Interfax, it was determined during the investigation that in February-March 2005 the former general director of Murmanskmorstroy Company falsified the contracts and illegally transferred 4m roubles (ca. $141m) to two companies in St Petersburg. The money had been previously received from the foreign donors.
The crime was revealed during the inspection in December 2005 due to the change of the owner. Murmanskmorstroy recently became the structural department of the Murmansk Shipping Company. It was also recovered that the director artificially created the creditor indebtedness for 37.5m roubles ($1.3m) to show the companys pay inability. The suspect is currently under city arrest and the investigation will reportedly take several months. The police representative promised to compensate the damage to the foreign donors.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
But it’s unlikely to impact emissions from shipping along the Northern Sea Route.
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.
The following op-ed, written by Bellona’s Charles Digges, originally appeared in The Moscow Times. In recent months, the Russian nuclear in...