The environmental disaster in the Arctic. Moscow’s neo-colonial exploitation of Russia’s regions. OSW Commentary 2020-08-07.

• Main Authors: Rogoza, Jadwiga, Wiśniewska, Iwona
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: energy policy (Including international arena); environmental policy (including international arena); Russia; Arctic; Norilsk; Krasnoyarsk Krai; norilsk; Tundra; Siberia
• Online Access: http://aei.pitt.edu/103294/; http://aei.pitt.edu/103294/1/OSW_Commentary_346.pdf

The end of May 2020 saw the biggest known environmental disaster in the Russian Arctic. The thermal power plant in Norilsk in Krasnoyarsk Krai, controlled by the Norilsk Nickel company, contaminated soil and water with more than 21,000 tons of diesel fuel. A month later, the company dumped another p...