Russia needs to improve the mechanism for reporting accidents and other incidents that cause damage to the environment. This opinion was expressed by the head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources (Rosprirodnadzor) Svetlana Radionova during the "Open Dialogue" with members of the Federation Council. She told the senators that more than half of the offenses are currently being reported not by the oversight authorities, but by local residents.
According to the head of the service, the responsibility of enterprises for concealing the facts of violations and accidents should be increased. Radionova noted that if an enterprise hides information about an accident from government agencies, it should bear increased responsibility, since its duty is to immediately report what happened, begin to eliminate the consequences of the accident and eliminate the damage caused to the environment.
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