The director of Kaliningrad's Curonian Spit National Park is facing charges for illegal logging.

Damage caused by actions Anatolia Viburnum national park, rated more than 12,7 млн rubles, the Russian Investigative Committee reports. 150 cubic meters of forest were cut down. 

According to investigators, Kalina planned to build a "complex of private buildings" on this site to accommodate tourists.

Anatoly Kalina has headed the Curonian Spit since 2011, and has been a member of parliament since 2021. Kaliningrad A regional Duma member representing the United Russia party. He was detained yesterday, and his residence was searched. A pretrial detention measure has not yet been determined. Kalina faces up to seven years in prison.

The Curonian Spit is a specially protected natural area of ​​federal significance, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is located in the border area with Lithuania parts of the Kaliningrad region on a narrow strip of land between the salty Baltic by the sea and freshwater Curonian bayThe northern boundaries of the park run along the Russian-Lithuanian border.