Environmental crime and corruption in Russia : federal and regional perspectives / edited by Sally Stoecker and Ramziya Shakirova.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stoecker, Sally W., editor.

Shakirova, Ramziyá, editor.

Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Series:

Routledge transnational crime and corruption series ; 8.

Routledge transnational crime and corruption series ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Offenses against the environment--Russia (Federation).

Offenses against the environment.

Environmental conditions.

Corruption.

Environmental protection.

Russia (Federation).

Environmental protection--Corrupt practices--Russia (Federation).

Offenses against the environment--Law and legislation--Russia (Federation).

Offenses against the environment--Law and legislation.

Corruption--Russia (Federation).

Russia (Federation)--Environmental conditions.

Physical Description:

xi, 149 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014.

Summary:

Environmental devastation, a significant consequence of industrial activity in Soviet times, continues to be a major problem in Russia. Specific problems include radioactive pollutants from inadequately monitored nuclear plants, illegal logging and wildlife poaching which have grown into hugely profitable businesses for criminal gangs, and toxic waste from unsanctioned and poorly controlled metallurgical, petroleum and agricultural chemical industries. This book presents a wide ranging assessment of the environmental problems faced by Russia and of the crime and corruption which contribute to them. It also discusses the attitude of the Russian government which seems to view environmental protection as something for rich countries, something to be postponed until Russia becomes rich. It concludes, gloomily, that the problems are getting worse and that little is being done to tackle them.

Contents:

Introduction

Envisaging environmental crime in Russia: past and present realities / Sally Stoecker and Ramziyá Shakirova

Russia's nuclear industry and the environment / Dmitriy Samokhin and Alexander Nakhabov

Forest auctions in Russia: how anticorruption laws facilitate the development of corrupt practices / Svetlana Tulaeva

Combating corruption and organized crime in the forest sector, Trans-Lake Baikal territory / Yekaterina Pisareva

Environmental crimes on the territory adjacent to the petroleum-storage facility in the town of Kama in the Kambarsk region of the Udmurt Republic / Larisa Pervushina

The impact of metallurgical and cement industrial waste on central Russia's environment / Elena Bocharnikova

Environmental contamination and public health in the republics of Tatarstan and Mari El, Russian Federation / Nailya Davletova.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

ISBN:

0415698707

9780415698702

OCLC:

758394520

Publisher Number:

99955844234