Russia Protects its Natural Resources: Putin Spends $3 Billion to Clean Iconic Volga River
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Immigration, endless Middle East wars, corporate welfare, wrecking the environment with fracking - it all serves the wealthy and the Zionists, not the people. x
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On Thursday, the first results of the government's Volga sanitation program were discussed in Astrakhan. The conference with specialized ministers and governors was chaired by Prime Minister Medvedev.
Reporting from Astrakhan is Olga Meshcheryakova.
Smooth movements, striped spines poking out of the water, and large splashes — this is Russian sturgeon, this is how it's bred here. These are just juveniles, they're 9, 10 years old at the most. Actually, sturgeons have a lifespan of up to 80 years. Curious, they swim up, not afraid of anything, looks like they want to get acquainted with me. It's OK, I'll try to get acquainted too.
- Come on, come here, beauty.
A tsar's fish, a national treasure. The coal-black sturgeon, an embodiment of power and might, a rare beauty shining in the sun.
- Look at that large white… albino beluga sturgeon.
Yuriy Alymov, main fish-breeding company specialist: "If everything goes well, this beluga should produce light golden caviar."
They've been waiting for 17 long years until the beauty got mature. The fish-breeding business is a tricky and arduous thing. It's a large area of 17,000 m² (183,000 sq. ft.). In these small ponds, young sturgeons are bred. The otherworldly open spaces of the Volga take your breath away.
Igor Babushkin, Acting Governor of Astrakhan Region: "A very beautiful corridor, very rich.”
For a man who grew up on the Volga — just a bit to the north; Igor Babushkin is from Rybinsk — the problem is obvious. This wealth needs to be preserved.
Igor Babushkin, Acting Governor of Astrakhan Region:
- The main issue, the shallowing of the Volga, is a matter of interdepartmental interaction. It was decided to create a scientific-technical council.
- So that everyone acts as one, not separately?
- Absolutely right.
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