TIL Desk/World/Moscow/ Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared a state of emergency after 20,000 tonnes of diesel oil leaked into a river within the Arctic Circle, the media reported on Thursday. The spill took place when a fuel tank at a power plant near the Siberian city of Norilsk collapsed on May 29.
The plant is owned by a subsidiary of Norilsk Nickel, which is the world”s leading nickel and palladium producer. Putin expressed anger after discovering officials only learnt about the incident two days later. In a televised video conference on Wednesday, Putin lambasted the head of the company over its response.
“Why did government agencies only find out about this two days after the fact?” he asked the subsidiary”s chief, Sergei Lipin. “Are we going to learn about emergency situations from social media?” The region”s governor, Alexander Uss, had earlier told President Putin that he became aware of the oil spill on Sunday after “alarming information appeared in social media”. It has contaminated a 350 sq km area.
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