Russia to send prisoners for Arctic cleanup AFP
In this file photo taken on 6 June 2020 a worker of the Russian emergency ministry intervenes on a diesel spill pollution in a river outside Norilsk. Picture: Irina Yarinskaya/AFP Russia has a long history of using forced labour for massive construction projects in the Arctic.
Moscow – Russia said Friday it was considering sending prisoners to help clean up the Arctic after a massive diesel spill hit a remote Siberian territory last year.
The head of Russia’s Federal Prison Service (FSIN), Alexander Kalashnikov, said that an agreement to that effect had been reached with the administration of the Arctic city of Norilsk.
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