More than 6 thousand violations of environmental legislation were stopped, fines and damages in the amount of 55.3 million rubles were recovered. As part of joint work with law enforcement agencies, 35 criminal cases were initiated. Minister Aleksandr Shadrikov reported on results of the state environmental supervision at the end-of-year board of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Office of Rosprirodnadzor for the Republic of Tatarstan. Together with the municipalities 1,760 illegal dumps were eliminated. About 11 thousand appeals of citizens were processed.