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In the Republic of Buryatia, Zabaykalsky, Primorsky, Khabarovsk territories, the Novosibirsk region instituted criminal proceedings on the facts of smuggling of timber to China with a volume of 60 thousand cubic meters. This was stated by the attorney-General Igor Krasnov, in his annual report in the Federation Council.

According to him, the General Prosecutor’s office and the Federal security service with the involvement of law enforcement and regulatory authorities have taken additional measures to detect and prevent the illegal export of timber. In addition, according to him, the Prosecutor’s intervention demanded that the cases of improper preparation for the fire season, resulting in significant growth in the past year, the number and extent of forest fires.

“every year, increases also the area cut, damaged forests. It is already more than 30 million hectares”, – said the head of the Supervisory authority. Thus, according to him, the materials of forest 85 percent of the forests have not been updated for over 10 years, which impedes forest management, inventory and inventory accounting.