"State Of Emergency Lifted In Russia's Krasnoyarsk A Year After Arctic Diesel Spill", 22 June 2021

The government of Russia's Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk has lifted the state of emergency in the Arctic city of Norilsk that was imposed in late May last year following a massive diesel spill.

The regional government's press service said on June 22 that the decision was made after "three major phases on the localization and liquidation of the spill were completed."

"Work continues on processing the contaminated soil and sorbent agents and the restoration of lands and water bodies in the area," the statement said.

In May 2020, more than 21,000 tons of diesel leaked into the environment from a tank of a thermal power plant that belongs to a subsidiary of Russian metallurgical giant Norilsk Nickel (Nornickel), owned by Russia's richest man, Vladimir Potanin.