Russian PM involved in eco-scandal at Russian ski resort ...
Spaces are not happy with Russia's Prime Minister's decision to reopen a pulp and paper which has been known to impart a pungent smell on the slopes Sobolinaya mountain resort nearby.
Vladimir Putin has also drawn fire from the former member of the Russian State Duma Vladimir Ryzhkov. The former official described the decision by Prime Minister as totally incompetent in a report for Moscow News.
Ryzhkov said that the factory, which opened in 1966, is the main polluter of pristine Lake Baikal, a World Heritage site by UNESCO, the emission of five tons of harmful emissions into the atmosphere each year and to pollute up to 400 square miles of territory around the town of Baikalsk.
"During his trip to the ski mountain Sobolinaya few years ago, Putin himself has complained of unbearable, acrid smell from the factory chimneys," Ryzhkov said. "Who in their minds not want to spend their skiing holiday in an area where you can barely breathe?Local residents suffer a higher incidence of cancer and life expectancy lower than other Russians. "
He also said that when the factory heavy losses when he was arrested in November 2008, but once closed the service sector began to grow rapidly in Baikalsk and surrounding areas, including hotels, cafes, restaurants, saunas, hostels and the ski mountain Sobolinaya, which has created hundreds of new jobs.
More than 9,000 people have already added their names to a list on the website of Greenpeace Russia, which requested the Secretary-General of UNESCO to protect Lake Baikal stationery.
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