"An organized crime group in which roles are clearly defined." An illegal dumpsite in the Nizhny Novgorod region remains unclosed.
Mountains of trash, the height of a three-story building, covering 10 hectares were discovered near Dzerzhinsk in the Nizhny Novgorod region back in 2022. Since then, officials have promised to shut it down, but the "trash business" has only flourished.
Local Maxim Loschenkov Together with the Kstati TV journalists, we filmed the entire cycle of garbage delivery and collection: a line of dump trucks, unloading, and the transfer of money for garbage collection.
"That is, an organized crime group in which roles are clearly defined—who receives, who orders. The shipments continue unabated. It's unclear why law enforcement agencies aren't working, why they can't restore order once and for all."- said Loshchenkov also asked security forces leadership to have their personnel examined by an ophthalmologist, as they had suddenly "begun to go blind."
Among the trash, Loshchenkov and journalists discovered polyethylene, plastic, fiberglass, and other materials that are far from environmentally friendly. The piles of trash are compacted and covered with sand.
The participants in the "garbage business" fled when journalists approached. A Dzerzhinsk administration employee who responded to the call declined to comment, and the police failed to arrive after two hours of waiting.
Rosprirodnadzor previously won a lawsuit against the owner of the landfill site, but this did not change anything.
Illegal dumps of varying sizes are constantly being discovered in Russian regions. In the Nizhny Novgorod region, for example, journalists from Kstati reported a year ago beaten for filming an illegal dump in Arzamas. An illegal dump near Ryazan has been in operation for years. poisoned the lives of the city's residents, and nothing could be done about it. Right now in Vladimir the struggle unfolds Residents of smaller landfills protest the expansion of the illegal Maryinsky landfill. discover almost daily.
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