WWF watches gas pipeline construction

On September 28, WWF forwarded to the Russian Federal Service for Ecological, Technical and Atomic Supervision a letter asking to deny state ecological expertise of design documents for Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok ga

According to WWF, the documentation is incomplete as Gazprom, the largest extractor of natural gas in «urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags» />Russia, has not met the requirements of a special commission formed at the public hearings. «urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office» />

WWF will monitor gas pipeline construction in the Russian Far East and fix all legislation violation by Gazprom.

For additional information please contact

Masha Vinokurova, Press officer,
tel: +7 (495) 727-09-39, tel/fax: +7 (495) 727-09-38, e-mail
Alexey Knizhnikov, Oil and gas programme coordinator,
tel: +7 (495) 727-09-39, tel/fax: +7 (495) 727-09-38, e-mail