Аннотация: The potential usefulness of U.S. assistance in overcoming the consequences of the Norilsk environmental disaster of the 2020. The note.
The potential usefulness of U.S. assistance in overcoming the consequences of the Norilsk environmental disaster of the 2020. The note.
'WASHINGTON, June 6th. [2020] / TASS /. The United States is ready to help Russia deal with the consequences of the diesel spill after the accident at CHPP-3 in Norilsk and to offer consulting from technical experts. This was announced on Saturday on his Twitter page by US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo." [unofficial translation] (https://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/8667571)
At least three considerations can be formulated on the usefulness of U.S. assistance in overcoming the consequences of the 2020 Norilsk environmental disaster.
1) A higher level of effectiveness of the work itself to restore the normal environmental situation in the Norilsk area (in the broad sense),
2) The likelihood of additional information channels through which the world, the public of the Arctic and sub-Arctic countries, the modern population of Russia can receive more or less objective information about the progress of work and the environmental situation in the Norilsk area,
3) The usefulness of building a general vector for cooperation with the Arctic and sub-Arctic countries in the conditions of depopulation of the Far East and the 'development of cooperation' with China.
It should also be noted that there are no visible signs (for the general public) that Russia 's foreign policy structures are seeking to involve the Arctic Council, international organizations of the Arctic basin countries, other international organizations to monitoring and to solving the Norilsk environmental disaster of the 2020.
It seems appropriate to take the most vigorous diplomatic measures at the stage when the Norilsk environmental disaster in 2020 has not yet acquired the character of the Kara environmental disaster.
The above arguments demonstrate the potential usefulness of U.S. assistance.
June 7, 2020 02:01
Translation from Russian into English: June 7, 2020 02:36.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Потенциальная полезность помощи США в преодолении последствий Норильской экологической катастрофы 2020 года. Заметка'.