Putin explained what would have happened if Norilsk made those changes to the fuel reservoir

If in Norilsk in time changed the tank for diesel fuel, there would be no emergency and there was no damage, environmental or material. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin said at an online meeting on liquidation of consequences of state of emergency.

Referring to the head of Norilsk Nickel Vladimir Potanin, Putin said that if the tank is “timely change”, but nothing would happen, and the company would not have to bear the expenses on elimination of consequences of emergency. Potanin at the same meeting assessed the costs of dealing with the emergency at least 10 billion roubles, and noted that the company will pay these expenses.

Recall that one of the tanks storing diesel fuel at TPP-3 Norilsk may 29 was damaged, leakage of about 21 thousand tons of fuel. On the territory of the Krasnoyarsk region introduced a state of emergency at the Federal level.

In fact, the fuel spill was a criminal case under article “damage of land”, “violation of rules of protection of the environment by manufacture of works” and “water pollution”. In connection with untimely informing about the emergency situation of the RF IC opened a criminal case under part 1 of article 293 of the criminal code (negligence). Arrested foreman TETS-3 Vyacheslav Starostin.

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