A sludge reservoir of the abandoned Usolyekhimprom chemical plant is pictured in the town of Usolye-Sibirskoye, Irkutsk region, Russia. A state of emergency has been in effect here since October 2018 to avoid a leak of hazardous materials. Russian President Vladimir Putin called for isolating the industrial site in Usolye-Sibirskoye and ensuring its protection by the National Guard and instructed the government to develop a roadmap to eliminate the environmental damage in three months.
- Package: Russia Abandoned Chemical Plant
- Categories: Environmental Issues
- Location: Irkutsk region, Russia
- Event date: 05.08.2020
- Date published: 05.08.2020
- Author: Alexandr Kryazhev
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 5568x3712px, 11.7Mb
- Job-ID: b31c7cdb0533a257