Authorities promised tough measures against those who disobey. President Aslan Maskhadov has issued orders to open criminal proceedings against them. Of special concern is the situation in the Kurchaloyevsky district where unlawful oil refining concentrates. According to the Chechen health ministry, the environmental situation is extremely troublesome there. Even meat of the slaughtered livestock is harmful there.
Huge damage is done to nature and the water basin of the district.
Many mountain rivers dried up during two years of operation of refineries. Law and order bodies had conducted similar operations earlier, but, according to the presidential press secretary, the struggle against this evil will be taken to a logical end. Maskhadov declared the fighting of abductors of people, oil dealers and drug-traffickers as a priority of Chechen authorities in the nearest months. All rights reserved.