Greenpeace lawsuit over Nord Stream 2 project dismissedThe Moscow District Court of St. Petersburg has dismissed a lawsuit filed by an office of the international NGO Greenpeace Council against Nord Stream 2 AG.12:54 10.12.2018
Number of complaints about environmental violations rises in 2016 - ombudsmanThe number of complaints about environmental violations rose in 2016, according to Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova.12:58 25.07.2017
Prosecutors to verify protection of endangered wild life in RussiaRussia’s Prosecutor General Yury Chaika has ordered the agency’s territorial offices to verify the implementation of the instructions to bolster protection of endangered wild life President Vladimir Putin gave to state bodies.12:52 11.05.2017
Russian environmental watchdog bills Defense Ministry $18.5 mlnThe Pacific Maritime Administration of Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resource Usage (Rosprirodnadzor) has billed the Defense Ministry 1.2 billion rubles ($18.5 million) asking it to voluntary compensate environmental damage caused by the Ministry’s two sunken vessels16:45 11.11.2016
Russian environmental watchdog files lawsuit against Father FrostThe environmental protection authority, Rosprirodnadzor, has filed a lawsuit against Father Frost from the town of Veliky Ustyug seeking recovery of 15,000 rubles in compensation.11:50 04.01.2016
Environmental official suspected of taking bribes to remain under house arrestMoscow's Khamovnichesky District Court extended until June 22 the house arrest of Vyacheslav Spitsyn, deputy head of the environmental standards and regulations department of environmental watchdog, Rosprirodnadzor.14:51 21.04.2015
Moscow parliament proposes pet taxThe Moscow City Duma has proposed regulating pet ownership, which could include the registration of pets, a pet tax and public control of animal shelter expenses.17:37 21.01.2015
Moscow refinery fined 100,000 rubles for environmental damagen oil refinery in Moscow controlled by oil producer Gazprom Neft fined 100,000 rubles (about $1,700) for environmental damage.13:49 31.12.2014
St. Petersburg MPs proposed to impose tax on pet ownersThe St. Petersburg legislative assembly has forwarded a bill to the State Duma to levy an annual tax on pet owners at 1,000 rubles (about $20) per pet and also harsher penalties for violating pet ownership requirements.15:32 24.12.2014
Russia considers tougher penalties for illegal wildlife trade over internetIllegal wildlife trade over the internet could be deemed as serious as drug trafficking according to the bill which will be introduced in 2015, TASS reported on Tuesday, citing Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Rinat Gizatulin.13:35 25.11.2014
Criminal case opened after toxic cloud erupts in MoscowThe police has opened a crimininal case following a massive hydrogen sulfide emission in Moscow, according to the Prosecutor’s Office statement released on Wednesday.14:56 12.11.2014
Russian authorities nab Jehovah’s Witnesses for dumping wasteEnvironmental prosecutor’s office for St. Petersburg have uncovered violations by the Russian Jehovah’s Witnesses chapter, according to the statement issued by the prosecution on Friday.17:11 07.11.2014
Russia closes case against Greenpeace over raid on oil rig in 2013The Russian Investigative Committee has closed a hooliganism case against Greenpeace activists that scaled Gazprom drilling rig in the Pechora Sea in September 2013.13:50 01.10.2014
Russian ministry voices new anti-poaching effortsThe Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment suggests to block access to websites promoting poaching and offer a reward for information about illegal hunting or capture of rare animals.15:34 21.08.2014
Man gets 7 months of community service for attempted sale of Amur leopard skinA court in Vladivostok in Russia's Far East has sentenced a local resident to seven months of compulsory community service for the attempted sale of skin of rare Amur leopard.14:26 19.08.2014
$17.5 mln dispute between republic agency and LUKOIL Komi dismissedThe Commercial Court of the Republic of Komi dismissed the case of a lawsuit filed by the republic’s department of the Federal Service for the Supervision of Natural Resources that required compensation from LUKOIL Komi in the amount of 615 million rubles ($17.5 mln) in land related environmental damages, the court told RAPSI on Friday.16:38 25.07.2014
Russia releases seized Artic Sunrise Greenpeace vesselRussia’s Investigative Committee removed the seizure of Greenpeace vessel – the Arctic Sunrise – spent docked there following the participation of its crewmembers in an Arctic drilling protest, according to the Greenpeace website.16:20 06.06.2014
Dutch police arrest Greenpeace activists blocking Gazprom oil rigThe Dutch police have arrested 30 Greenpeace activists for blocking the Saturn oil rig chartered by Russia’s Gazprom Neft at the Dutch port of Ijmuiden, the environmental group reported on Tuesday.16:42 27.05.2014
California’s orca whale protection bill tabled for further reviewCalifornia lawmakers tabled a bill on Tuesday that would have compelled theme park Sea World to set its orca whales free, advocacy group Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) announced.17:09 09.04.2014
UN court bans Japanese whaling in AntarcticaThe International Court of Justice ordered Japan to cease its whaling activities in Antarctica, Reuters reports.14:55 31.03.2014