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TheVolgaInterregionalInvestigationDepartmentunderthe RussianInvestigatingCommitteereviews the reports on offences and carries out preliminary investigation with regard to criminal cases, including:
- ecological offences;
- corruption-related offences;
- theoffencesagainstpublicsafetyandhealth, aswellasinthefieldofeconomicactivityrelated to infringement on the environment or sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population.
TheInvestigation Department carries out its activity in 15 regions of Russia within the boundaries of the Volga river basin.
The Sixth Nature Protection Investigation Department to the Volga InterregionalInvestigationDepartmentunderthe RussianInvestigatingCommittee is located in Kazan.

Thematteroforganizationandholdingofatwo-monthsanitaryandecologicalcampaignintheNizhnekamskMunicipalDistrictwas reviewed today in the framework of a field meeting of the Interdepartmental permanent working groupfor assurance of ecological safety under development of the Nizhnekamsk industrial hub. Themeetingwas held by the Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Artem Sidorov, and the Head of the Nizhnekamsk Municipal District, Mayor of Nizhnekamsk, Aydar Metshin. Asitwasacknowledgedduringthemeeting,atpresent, a control headquarters was created to organize and coordinatea two-month sanitary campaign. Organizational meetings have been conducted before the beginning of April with all companies and organizations of the city and the district, an interactive map with the indication of all sites and companies assigned to them was elaborated

Today, theMinisterforEcologyandNaturalResourcesoftheRepublicofTatarstanArtemSidorov is on a working trip in Nizhnekamsk, where a field meeting of the Interdepartmentalpermanentworkinggroupfor assurance of ecological safety in the course of development of Nizhnekamsk industrial nod is held.

A raid was organized today in Sovetsky district of Kazan in the framework of a two-month sanitary and ecological campaign by the inspectors of the Central Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. On the territory of the land plot located at a 150 meter’s distance to the South-east of Samosyrovo villageof Sovetsky district of Kazan, an unauthorized waste placement site was detected on the area of 1 ha. Nineadministrative cases were initiated by inspectors of the Central Territorial Department with regard to the factof discharge of waste on to the soil. AccordingtotheAdministration of the Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography for the Republic of Tatarstan,“Transmarket” OOO (Moscow), as well as“Management company “AS Management” ZAO are the owners of the territory. Thislandplotwasn’tusedasintended (the land was allocated for agricultural use). Administrativeinvestigationwasinitiatedtoclarify all reasons and conditions underlying administrative offence.

In the framework of the contest held in Tyulyachi municipal district pupils, their parents and teachers made more than 1,000 birdhouses. The campaign was aimed at promotion of ecological awareness of children.

The following pupils were announced winners:

In the category “Optimal variant”–a birdhouse that meets the needs of birds and demands imposed on birdhouses
1stplace– Ayzilya Shagabieva, B. Meteskinskaya secondary school
2ndplace – Syumbel Shayakhmetova, Malokibyakozinskaya secondary school
3rdplace –Danis Nigmatzyanov, B. Meteskinskaya secondary school

From April 1 to May 31, all nature protection services, specialized ministries and authorities, executive committees of municipal formations of the Republic of Tatarstanstart a two-month sanitary and ecological campaign in order to clean the territories of cities and municipal districts of the Republic and to put them in the appropriate sanitary and ecological state.

ThemeetingoftheInterdepartmentalCommitteeforEcologicalSafetyAssurance, NatureManagementandSanitaryand Epidemiological Well-being in the Republic of Tatarstan was held today at the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan in the form of a video conference.

Today, the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov participates in the Meeting of the Council in Ufa with an authorized representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the Volga Federal District, where the matters regarding implementation of the state policy in the field of nature protection, forestry and optimization of nature use in the Volga Federal District are discussed. The Main Federal Inspector for the Republic of Tatarstan, Renat Timerzyanov, Deputy Chairperson of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan Alexander Gusev, the Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Artem Sidorov

Today, participants of the exposition “Clean water. Kazan” held a workshop for Kazan journalists. Representatives of the Moscow company OOO “Promhydroseti” demonstrated the work of a video robot for inspection of pipelines of various diameter. The robot is equipped with a video camera, an additional set of regular and LED lamps. The video record is displayed on a special-purpose screen, which allows to trace the state of pipelines and potential illegal tie-in points. The machine can move through sludge, mud and various obstructions in the pipeline. The First Deputy Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan expressed interest in the use of this project.

The awarding ceremony following the results of the V specialized exposition and congress “Clean water. Kazan” was held today at the exposition center “Kazan Fair”. The Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Artem Sidorov, and the Head of the Lower Volga Basin Water Management Board, Anatoly Bykovawarded the winners with diplomas.
The following persons were announced winners of the contest “The best product of the exposition”:
1. In the category“Modern technologies inhydroeconomic activity”:
First Class Diploma
ООО “VTA-Tatarstan”, Kazan – “For innovative solutions in the field of reactant purification of waste waters”;
Second Class Diploma