Russia Declares Emergency Following Spill of 20,000 Tons of Oil in the Arctic Circle
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a state of emergency in the city of Norilsk after a massive oil spill in the Arctic region. An estimated 20,000 tons of fuel from a power plant spilled onto a road, and a large part made its way into an river on May 29. ” of the oil seeped into the Ambarnaya River in Siberia, Putin said Wednesday during an official meeting about response to the fuel leak. The President appeared to learn that local authorities were first flagged to the incident by social media—two days after it happened and ...
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