25 May 2004 12:06
Officials charged with violating regulations on use of mineral
resources
NIZHNY NOVGOROD. May 25 (Interfax) - The Saratov prosecutor's office has charged Alexander Malikov, head of the
Main Department for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Natural Resources Ministry, and his first
deputy, Vitaly Yeryomin, with violating legislation on licensing the use of mineral resources.
According to the Saratov prosecutor's office, divisions of
Saratovneftegaz have been extracting oil in four deposits in the
The criminal case was opened in January 2004. The men have given their written undertaking not to leave the city,
investigator Andrei Morozov told Interfax.
According to the investigators, the violations have cost the state some 7 million rubles, which should have gone to
the budget as payments for licenses to use mineral resources.
Saratov region since 2000 without appropriate licenses. The damage done to the state as a result of this unlicensed
oil extraction is estimated at over 160 million rubles. [RU EEU EUROPE ASIA EMRG ENR] av aw <>
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