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Publish date: September 28, 2004
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According to Regnum.ru, two Canadian delegations supervising Russian nuclear submarine dismantling sponsored by Canada worked at the Severodvinsk shipyard Zvezdochka from September 5 to September 11. Soon the dismantling works should start on the first Canada-sponsored multipurpose Victor-I class submarine. This is the first Canadian order in the frames of G8 Global Partnership program. Before the end of the navigation season the plant should receive two more Canadian submarines, both Victor-III class, from Zapadnaya Litsa base on the Kola Peninsula.
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.