Russia will spend ₽20 billion rubles. for “general cleaning” on land and sea

The Russian government will spend ₽20 billion to clean up sunken ships and other debris

20 billion rubles will be allocated from the budget for the “general cleaning” of garbage at sea and on land, said Deputy Prime Minister Victoria Abramchenko. This will allow until 2024 to raise from the bottom and dispose of 213 ships in the Far East

20 billion rubles will be allocated from the budget for “general cleaning” on land and at sea. for three years, Deputy Prime Minister Victoria Abramchenko said at a government meeting. Of this amount, it is planned to spend 4 billion rubles. in 2022.

This year, the authorities plan to raise and dispose of 68 ships in Kamchatka, Sakhalin, the Magadan Region, Khabarovsk and Primorsky Territories, and by 2024 a total of 213 ships, the Deputy Prime Minister specified.

The problem with abandoned ships has not been solved for many years. Back in 2014 Vladimir Putin instructed dispose of 21 sunken ships in the waters of Nagaev Bay in the Magadan Region. They interfere with safe navigation and create environmental risks, in particular, they are sources of periodic fuel leaks. For example, in August 2018, an oil slick of 250 sq. m.

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin gave instructions solve the problem with flooded ships in August 2020 following a trip to the Far East. It applies to all ships sunk in the waters of the Far Eastern Federal District: 580 of them were found there, 235 of them must be raised and disposed of in the first place. But a few months later, the Ministry of Transport reported that it had not found the money to raise and salvage ships that sank in Nagaev Bay.