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Russia Declares State of Emergency After Diesel Spills Into Arctic River System

Russia Declares State of Emergency After Diesel Spills Into Arctic River System
Clean-up operations underway at combined heat and power plant No 3 after a May 29 fire caused by a car crashing into one of its fuel storage tanks. Denis Kozhevnikov/TASS/Getty Images
Venus Upadhayaya
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Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a state of emergency in the Norilsk region after 20,000 metric tons (approx. 22,000 tons) of diesel spilled from a reserve fuel tank into a river system on May 29.

According to Putin’s office, the diesel fuel leaked from a damaged reserve tank in Nadezhdinski Metallurgical plant onto a road leading to the TPP-3 [thermal power plant] in Norilsk.
Venus Upadhayaya
Venus Upadhayaya
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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.
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