The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine

September 13, 2017 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine

Prosecutors reveal reluctance of Russian officials to enforce environmental fines

Russian prosecutors say the country’s environmental oversight agency has failed to chase down $70 million in fines from polluters in the […]

June 5, 2017 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine

Vague Russian promises on slashing pollution continue to frustrate Norway

More than two decades of successful environmental cooperation between Norway and Russia, especially on coping with the Cold War nuclear […]

June 1, 2017 Arctic, Industrial Pollution, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine

Bellona seminar sums up Russia’s Year of the Environment

“It’s totally unacceptable that Nikel’s emissions continue – we have told he Russians that emissions must go down,” said Norwegian […]

April 12, 2017 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine

Northwest Russia polluter posts impressive cuts in harmful emissions

In a surprising development, the Kola Mining and Metallurgy Company –which for decades has stubbornly fouled air over Northwest Russia and […]

March 30, 2017 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine

Norilsk Nickel wants tax deductions on its environmental investments

Siberian industrial giant Norilsk Nickel, one of Russia’s most polluting, has since 2014 been investing significant funds in unspecified […]

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Oskar Njaa

General Manager for International Affairs
oskar@bellona.no
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Oskar is writing an MA Thesis in Russian area studies at the University of Oslo. Before he started in Bellona, he worked as a coordinator in the Norwegian environmental youth organization “Natur og Ungdom” as a coordinator for their Russia project. He has also worked as a trainee with the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Moscow and has spent longer periods in Russia during the course of his studies. He speaks Russian. In Bellona, Oskar works in the Russia department and is responsible for project implementation, especially on the issue of industrial pollution.