Ecology

Tag: Ecology

Russian Children’s Ombudsman urges prompt jumping of volunteers into emergency efforts

Russia’s Child Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova believes it necessary to remove red tape obstructing prompt jumping of volunteers into rescue efforts during emergencies.

13:19 31.08.2021

Prosecutors to check information on mass turtle mortality in regional reserve’s lake

Prosecutors will check information on the mass mortality of turtles in a lake in the Voronezh biosphere reserve, according to a statement of the Prosecutor General’s Office.

10:53 27.04.2021

Investigation launched into water pollution in Russia’s Kamchatka

Investigation was launched into pollution of the Pacific Ocean’s Avacha Bay aquatorium in Russia’s Kamchatka Krai and death of marine animals.

14:08 07.10.2020

Prosecutors urge criminal probe into water pollution in Russia’s Kamchatka

The Kamchatka Krai prosecutors have forwarded probe materials on the water body pollution in the peninsula to investigators in order a criminal case to be opened.

13:27 07.10.2020

Russian Investigative Committee to establish ecological and epidemiological crimes unit

Chairman of Russia's Investigative Committee Alexander Basrykin has decided to create a unit specializing on probes into crimes committed in the sphere of ecology and epidemiology.

12:10 30.07.2020

Moscow court cuts fine given to famous stylist for picket in support of Baikal

The Moscow City Court on Friday reduced the fine imposed on celebrity and prominent hairstylist Sergey Zverev for illegal single-person protest against the construction of a drink water bottling plant at Lake Baikal in the Irkutsk Region.

15:41 28.06.2019

Tourist attraction construction in Baikal ecological zone nixed by court

A court in the city of Ulan Ude has nixed construction of tourist facilities in the water conservation zone of river Kika located in the central ecological zone of Lake Baikal.

10:57 19.06.2019

Russian government pushes bill on access to environmental health information

Russia’s Cabinet of Ministers has submitted a bill on legal regulation of supplying information on the state of environment to the State Duma.

10:59 18.06.2019

Russian human rights watchdog calls Poland to prevent destruction of unique nature wonder

The Russian Council for Human Rights (CHR) is seriously concerned with possible negative environmental effects resulting from the construction by Poland of a shipping canal across the Vistula Spit.

11:57 27.02.2019

Russian government proposes harsher penalties for violating ecological regulations

Russian government has filed amendments to a bill on increased administrative liability for violations in the sphere of environmental protection.

13:59 28.11.2018

Notorious Moscow Region landfill case shelved

The Moscow Regional Commercial Court has suspended proceedings over the Volokolamsk town administration’s claim to shut down the notorious Yadrovo landfill site.

17:39 24.10.2018

Moscow Regional Ecology Ministry objects to closure of notorious landfill

The Ecology Ministry for the Moscow Region has objected to demands of the Volokolamsk town administration, which filed a lawsuit with the Moscow Regional Commercial Court seeking to shut down the notorious Yadrovo landfill site.

10:59 23.07.2018

Authorities of Moscow Region’s town seek to shut down notorious Yadrovo landfill

Authorities of Volokolamsk, a town located in the Moscow Region which had lately become notorious due to a garbage crisis, filed a lawsuit seeking the closure of the notorious Yadrovo landfill site leaking noxious gas.

10:58 02.07.2018

Russian court refuses to recover $21,800 from notorious Yadrovo landfill

The Volokolamsk City Court of the Moscow Region has dismissed a lawsuit filed by residents of the area, who asked to recover 1.4 million rubles ($21,800) in compensation from a company behind notorious Yadrovo landfill.

13:59 19.06.2018

Moscow Region’s Ecology Ministry, Rospotrebnadzor join Yadrovo landfill lawsuit

Moscow Region’s Ecology Ministry and office of Russia’s consumer rights protection agency Rospotrebnadzor have joined a lawsuit to shut down the notorious Yadrovo landfill site leaking noxious gas as third parties.

13:48 07.05.2018

Residents of Russian town demand $86,600 in compensation for garbage crisis

Residents of Volokolamsk, a town located in the Moscow Region which has lately become notorious due to a garbage crisis, have filed seven lawsuits seeking 5.5 million rubles ($86,600) in compensation for moral damages.

12:35 03.05.2018

Heads of Russian and Finnish Supreme Courts to exchange experience on ecology cases

Chairman of Russia’s Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev and his colleague, chairman of Finland’s Supreme Court Timo Esko, will exchange their opinions on legal protection in cases related to ecology and land use.

17:45 11.12.2017

Russian prosecutors detect 30,000 violations against nature in 2.5 years

Prosecutors revealed 30,000 violations of law on specially protected natural areas in last 2.5 years.

11:45 31.10.2017

Greenpeace suit against gas pipeline construction in nature reserve dismissed

The Leningrad Regional Court has granted the construction of a gas pipeline on the territory of the Kurgalsky Nature Reserve.

17:52 27.10.2017

Ombudsmen in Russia to seek environmental rights protection in courts

Russian human rights commissioners will go to courts lodging administrative lawsuits to protect citizens’ rights to favorable environment.

15:59 25.08.2017