This is reported by the government of the region.
“As a result of the systematic work carried out by our department in cooperation with law enforcement agencies, since the beginning of the year, “black loggers” have suffered significant damage: a significant amount of expensive logging equipment was confiscated from them;
at the end of winter, the security forces red-handed an international group whose members are accused of timber smuggling,” said Konstantin Stepanov, head of the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife Protection of Primorsky Krai.
According to him, all this could be a reason for revenge.
The authorities note that 18 forest fires have been registered on the territory of the Kavalerovsky branch of the Primorskoye Forestry regional institution since May 9.
Earlier it was reported that 120 natural fires were extinguished in Russia per day.