Medvedev demands eco safety during Sochi Olympics preparations
MOSCOW. June 21 (Interfax) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has instructed the Russian government along with the administration of the Krasnodar Territory to take measures to strictly comply with the obligations assumed in the Sochi-2014 bid book.
At a meeting with representatives from environmental, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the president formulated a list of instructions, and in particular, demanded that measures be taken to ensure ecological safety during preparations for the Sochi Olympics.
The president also instructed to consider a possibility of discontinuing unsanctioned limestone production and discharge of extracted ground in the Sochi National Park. He also instructed to contemplate the possibility of building a plant for processing silt deposit for its subsequent use instead of building a silt burning plant.
The president also instructed to work out an expansion of the Sochi National Park and the territory of the Western Caucasus, a UNESCO Heritage Site, by including it into the national reserve zone of the Sochi National Park and the Sochi reserve.