RESPONSIBILITY for the largest oil spills in Komi, and for the necessary environmental clean-up, rests squarely on the shoulders of Komineft, according to the KMVP report. The findings of the local state agency, which monitors the condition of land and water resources in the republic, have been carefully concealed from the public and the document was made classified information shortly after its release.
Russia's blot on the landscape Russia's blot on the landscape
Damning report lifts lid on a glaring legacy of neglect in blighted oil-producing region
21 July 2000 0:00 GMT
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21 July 2000 0:00 GMT