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The annual republican contest "Eco-spring" started on April 1. During the competition, the Ministry of Ecology received 1202 applications from Tatarstan residents. The competition lasted 8 weeks and was held in the format of a thematic marathon.

Today, PJSC Tatneft named after V. D. Shashin hosted an event dedicated to the International Day of Environmental Protection. Deputy Minister of Ecology Egor Tarnavsky took part in it.

Today, the Federal Agency for Water Resources held a regular meeting of the Interdepartmental Working Group on regulating the modes of operation of reservoirs of the Volga-Kama cascade.

This was announced at a briefing in Kazan by the First Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan – the Chief State Inspector of the Republic of Tatarstan in the field of environmental protection Ilnur Gubaidullin.

During the two-month period, the territory of Tatarstan was surveyed from land, water and air. Inspectors found not only unauthorized landfills, but also other violations. In particular, pollution of water bodies.

The Ministry of Ecology has been engaged in environmental education for 30 years, and hundreds of eco-lessons, contests and other events are held annually. The Minister of Ecology spoke today about environmental education, which plays the most serious role in the work of the department.

According to the results of the ESG ranking of regions in 2022, conducted by the National Rating Agency together with Lomonosov Moscow State University, the Republic of Tatarstan took 2nd place, while in the environmental block of criteria it took 1st place. Ecology Minister Alexander Shadrikov reminded journalists about this today.  

Improving the quality of health and improving the environmental situation are the main goals of the national Ecology project, which has been implemented in the country on behalf of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin since 2019.  With this brief introduction, Tatarstan Minister of Ecology Alexander Shadrikov began his speech in the Cabinet of Ministers today. 

The Government of the Russian Federation has approved a new Regulation on conducting a state environmental assessment. This Provision has been developed in order to implement the norms of federal legislation (Federal Law No. 673-FZ of 12/25/2023 and Federal Law No. 681-FZ of 12/25/2023), which introduced significant changes to the procedure for conducting state environmental expertise. The new regulation will simplify the examination procedure, and new safety requirements will also be introduced to strengthen control.

Today, at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Alexander Shadrikov spoke about a new federal project that will replace the "water" projects "Improvement of the Volga" and "Preservation of unique water bodies".

As part of the All-Russian campaign "Peculiarities of national cleaning" of the Compass Foundation, two grandiose events will take place on June 15 at once! This is a clean-up day on the banks of the Kazanka River and the awarding of the winners of the Eco-spring competition.