Info-Prod Research Strategic Business Information Database, May 25, 2000
Environmentalists Say Government Asked Fox To Mind The Chicken Coop
Greenpeace Russia has condemned the Putin government's decision last
week to disband the State Environment Committee and transfer its responsibilities
to the Minister for Natural Resources, Reuters reported on 22 May.
Greenpeace Russia Executive Director Sergei Tsyplenkov issued a statement that
the "light -minded" decision to save money "will bring the country to the
verge of ecological disaster."
Tsyplenkov noted that the Natural Resources Ministry's chief agenda, the exploitation
of natural resources such as oil and gas extraction, could be seen as running counter to
protection of the environment.
Viktor Danilov-Danilyan, chairman of the committee, also declared that
"environmental testing and control must be carried out by an independent body" and that
the ministry itself "exerts a negative impact on the environment, and all of its numerous
projects are objects of our monitoring," "The Moscow Times" reported on 23 May.
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