Russian environment watchdog threatens Nornickel with court action over fuel spill damages

Rosprirodnadzor says the company owes more than $2 billion, a figure the company disputes.

By Reuters September 7, 2020
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MOSCOW — Russia’s state environmental watchdog on Friday threatened to take mining company Norilsk Nickel to court if it failed to voluntarily pay compensation for environmental damage caused by a fuel leak in the Arctic earlier this year.

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