“The city has a difficult environmental situation, since the hazardous waste storage facilities are in an emergency condition, and one of the tanks containing the chemical was depressurized, which led to environmental pollution,” the UK said.
They clarified that for a long time no actions were taken to eliminate the consequences of the enterprise's activities.
“Alexander Bastrykin instructed, within the framework of the procedural check, to establish all the circumstances of the incident, the circle of persons involved in the incident, as well as determine the damage caused to the environment,” they noted.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to develop a work plan to eliminate environmental problems in Usolye-Sibirskoye.
According to him, "the burden of environmental problems" has been accumulating in Usolye-Sibirskoye "since the 30s of the last century."