A fuel oil swamp has spilled around the Tver closed administrative-territorial entity of Ozerny, but no one is rushing to clean it up.
In early May, a local resident, a communist Sergey Azhimov опубликовал vieweo with footage of an environmental disaster: oil-soaked swamps have spread through the forests around the closed administrative-territorial entity (ZATO, military town) of Ozerny. He filed complaints and inquiries with all regulatory agencies. By the end of June, emergency measures to save the environment had been implemented. нno one accepted.
Where the fuel oil came from, why it's spread in small puddles and larger "lakes" throughout the forest, is unknown. Local residents occasionally see men in camouflage uniforms scooping out the toxic, viscous substance with buckets and collecting it in barrels. Who they are, and what agency they belong to, is also unknown. Ozerny has a population of approximately 9,5 thousand people, who now have nowhere to go to pick mushrooms and berries.
"It's hard to imagine the size of this oil lake or swamp. It's definitely been there for years. We're trying to determine the cause and find out where the oil is leaking into the forest and who's to blame. We're making inquiries with the relevant authorities. We know the land is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defense. It's likely the oil spilled over several kilometers." — Azhimov reported on the scale of the disaster.
In less than two months, he was able to find out through correspondence with the departments that there are located within the boundaries of the closed administrative-territorial entity two military units: 14245 and 96778The "Mazut" site is categorized as "land of populated areas" and has been transferred for perpetual use. Federal State Budgetary Institution of the Department of Forestry and Nature Management of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian FederationAzhimov's request to the Tver Region Ministry of Natural Resources was forwarded to the Western Military District of the Ministry of Defense. The activist also contacted the Military Prosecutor's Office of the Strategic Missile Forces, but the request was again forwarded to the 19th Military Prosecutor's Office of the Army.
The scale of the disaster could be determined by launching a drone, but drones over closed administrative-territorial entities are strictly discouraged. Meanwhile, according to residents, fuel oil is getting into into the Livitsa River и Lake Mikhailovskoye.
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