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Under Below!
Always keeping his pledge, Oleg Mitvol, deputy chairman of Rosprirodnadzor, raided the yacht clubs of the Moscow Region yesterday. Once made up his mind to shed light on environmental violations, Mitvol was looking for petrol spots on the water and threatened to close Burevestnik Yacht Club.
For the yacht clubs of the Moscow Region, the startup of environmental probe was announced on August 23, 2005. Mitvol made it clear his department will focus on the large clubs first, “attempting to close those not in line with the environmental laws.” Of 10,000 motor yachts officially registered in Moscow, “many draw petrol at unauthorized stations or fill the fuel right from the petrol tins.”
The inspections began yesterday with the Admiral Yacht Club as a first target. Other clubs followed.
Burevestnik was the last on the victim list. That elite club is well-known for selling boats worth around $9 million. Burevestnik moors boats of Iskander Makhmudov, head of the Urals Mining and Metal Co. (UGMK) and Don-Stroy owner Dmitry Zelenov.
In Burevestnik, the environmental officers found an empty tin and spotted dump wells near the cottages where the agencies of the world biggest yacht companies have sheltered. “If the required documents are not provided till Thursday, we will apply for closing,” Mitvol threatened.
Emergency Ministry’s Commission sanctions the Club each year, Burevestnik Managing Director Alexander Baranov told Kommersant when a red motor boat with Mitvol left Burevestnik. “We submitted the documents for this ecological expertise of the Club’s reconstruction as far back as in May but have got no conclusion so far,” Baranov specified.
www.kommersant.com
All the Article in Russian as of Aug. 31, 2005
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