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1. SWECO upgrades wastewater system in Siberia
From: "Swedentech"
2. Russians begin exodus from arctic regions
From: Andrew Hund
3. FOR PROTECTION OF THE BALTIC SEA ENVIRONMENT
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4. [REDfiles] 5 - 11 May 2003, Vol. 5, No. 19
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5. EAW Quick Links -- May 30, 2003
From: Andrew Hund
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 09:14:09 +0200
From: "Swedentech"
PRESS RELEASE June 02, 2003=20
SWECO upgrades wastewater system in Siberia <>=20
SWECO has been assigned the task of upgrading the wastewater system in the =
Russian city of Surgut. The assignment is worth approximately 0.5 million E=
uros.SWECO will design Surgut's new wastewater system and then manage the p=
rocurement of contractors, together with the British company Mott McDonald,=
as well as design a new wastewater treatment plant...
You can read the full pressrelease and more information at http://www.swede=
ntech.com
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Katarina Persdotter
Swedish Environmental Technology Network
SWEDISH TRADE COUNCIL
Box 5513, SE-114 85 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel. +46 8 783 86 68, Fax. +46 8 662 90 93
E-mail: katarina.persdotter@swedishtrade.se
Internet: http://www.swedentech.swedishtrade.se
Internet: http://www.swedentech.com
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Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 11:16:25 -0800
From: Andrew Hund
CHANGING TIMES: Those who moved to the most inaccessible parts of the
country seeking work are now being helped to move nearer civilization as
subsidies run out
THE GUARDIAN
Saturday, May 31, 2003,Page 6
Up to 600,000 Russians are to be moved from remote parts of Siberia and the
Arctic, officials in Moscow announced on Thursday. The move will be one of
the biggest population relocations since the Stalin era.
Large swaths of Russia's northern regions, which include mining towns, have
decayed since the collapse of communism.
Without government subsidies families have been forced to endure poverty an=
d
the extreme climate.
The areas to be assisted by the government's program, which is being partly
financed by the World Bank, include Yakutia, in central Russia, Kamchatka, =
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peninsula north of Japan, and Chukotka in the north-east.
Inhabitants would be resettled near urban centers where they could find wor=
k
and cheap accommodation.
The project, which has been in a pilot phase for several years, has
rekindled memories of the forced resettlements under Stalin when minorities=
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such as Chechens and Jews, were moved at the regime's will.
However, the latest effort is intended to provide assistance only to those
who want to leave the hostile regions they once came to in search of the
higher wages the Soviet government paid to miners.
The ministry of economic development and trade said that between 200,000 an=
d
600,000 people would be moved. A budget of US$30 million would be allocated
for this purpose this year and next.
Mukhamed Tsikanov, the deputy minister of development, said that he wanted
companies in the remote areas to use "shift work wherever necessary," and
for "people to be resettled wherever possible."
Andrei Markov, the coordinator of a World Bank project called Russia's
Northern Restructuring, said: "The idea came in 1998 when the Russian
government approached the World Bank for support.
"We decided to run a pilot project in the coal-mining town of Vorkuta, the
nickel town of Norilsk and the gold-rich Susuman district of Magadan."
Norilsk, which began as a gulag, is believed to be Russia's most polluted
town. Life expectancy is 10 years below the average for Russia. The air is
thick with sulfur which turns the snow yellow.
Markov said that the project was more a "migration assistance scheme" than
resettlement, which aimed to "provide only migration assistance on a
voluntary basis for families who ask for it." It began in August last year,
and its total cost is estimated at US$80 million.
He said: "About 1,800 families now have applied for participation in the
project, 600 of whom have already received housing costs.
"In the Soviet times these places were heavily subsidized by the state as
they were very interested in developing the areas at all costs to generate
natural resources. After the economic reform [of the 1990s], the subsidies
are unaffordable," he said.
The subsidized industries have been sold to the private sector, which,
Markov said, was "downsizing and restructuring," leading to cuts in jobs. H=
e
said that 800,000 people out of a total population of 11 million had left
the affected areas.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2003/05/31/2003053401
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