"I propose to additionally allocate about 20 billion rubles for the cleaning of rivers and our territorial sea, the internal sea of Russia, including for lifting sunken ships that pollute the waters of our rivers," he said.
He also noted that the corresponding funds should go to the conservation and cleaning of depleted fields, old oil and gas wells.
Earlier, Mikhail Bolgov, a hydrologist and specialist in the use of water resources, in an interview with Nation News, assessed the situation with water reserves in Russia.