Russia’s worst flooding in decades has submerged Soviet-era uranium mines in the Kurgan region, the investigative news outlet Agentstvo reported Monday, sparking fears that radioactive and chemical pollution could seep into the Tobol River.
The political movement created and led by Alexei Navalny helped bring environmental issues to the forefront in Russia and could have played a key role in their future progress if the opposition politician had not died, experts and activists told The Moscow Times.
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