Fuel Spill in Russia’s Most Polluted City Sparks Ecological Disaster | The Moscow Times

More than 20,000 tons of diesel fuel spilled into a Siberian river near the industrial city of Norilsk on May 29. Regional authorities only found out about the disaster two days later through social media. Norilsk Nickel, the metals company behind the spill, has a past record with pollution and one of its subsidiaries has been placed under criminal investigation while federal and regional authorities determine how to clean up the toxic spill. The Moscow Times is Russia’s leading independent English-langua