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A 59-year-old foreign woman in the Amur Region was fined for mining precious metals

The court in Priamurye recovered RUB 52 mln from a foreign woman for illegal gold mining

A court in the Zeya District of the Amur Region ordered a 59-year-old citizen of a foreign country to pay 52 million roubles for damage caused to the environment by illegal gold mining. The illegal activity was discovered by employees of the regional Ministry of Natural Resources during an inspection.

A 59-year-old foreign woman in the Amur Region was fined for mining precious metals
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Specialists recorded an excessive content of suspended solids in the water of the Dorozhny brook, which led to its pollution.

The prosecutor's office filed a lawsuit to recover damages, and the court satisfied the claim in full. Enforcement of the decision remains under control of the supervisory authorities. In addition to the civil suit, the violator was brought to criminal liability for illegal mining of precious metals. The court sentenced her to 2.5 years of suspended sentence with a probation period of 1.5 years and a fine of 250 thousand rubles.

At present, the court decisions have not yet entered into legal force, reported in the Prosecutor's office of the Amur region.

Earlier, the police detained recidivist arsonists car arsonists in a parking lot in Primorye. Also in Osaka, an unknown person left a bag with human remains on a flowerbed.

Author: Наталья Чудесатова

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