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In Russia in 2017, which is declared the Year of Ecology, the cleaning of Lake Baikal will begin

"Under your instructions, this year we will start cleaning up Lake Baikal," Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Khloponin said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, March 3, 2017 .

He also talked about plans related to reclamation of lands and cleaning of a number of territories from accumulated damage. Also there was talk about the transition of enterprises to the so-called best available technologies in the field of environmental protection.

The president, during a working meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Khloponin, asked him to help the Prosecutor General's Office verify how laws are being implemented to tighten the punishment for the extermination of rare animals listed in the Red Book.

Source: INTERFAX.RU Moscow, March 3, 2017

Опубликовано: 03 March 2017