RUSSIALINK: “Putin orders governors to listen to locals on waste dump issue” – Interfax

July 24, 2019 JRL Russia List Environment, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections

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(Interfax – July 23, 2019)

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the governments of Arkhangelsk Region and Moscow to take into account public opinion when settling the issue of siting rubbish dumps near the town of Shiyes.

“The Arkhangelsk Region government and the Moscow government [are ordered] to take into account the opinion of the residents of Arkhangelsk Region when resolving the issue of construction of facilities for solid domestic waste disposal in the area of Shiyes station,” the document published on the Kremlin website 20 July said.

Arkhangelsk Region governor Igor Orlov and Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin have been ordered to report on the fulfilment of the order by 1 September 2019, the document says.

Massive protests against the government’s plans to set up a waste disposal site and import waste from Moscow have been taking place in Arkhangelsk Region throughout 2019.