Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service (Федеральная служба исполнения наказаний) may send convicts to the Arctic to clear its territory of pollution. As reported by the director of the service, an agreement to this effect has already been reached with the leadership of the Krasnoyarsk Territory and the city of Norilsk. The director has also called upon his subordinates in the Arctic zone to continue working towards the realisation of this possibility.

As previously reported: Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Alexander Kozlov confirmed in November 2020 that a "general clean-up" is needed in the Arctic and that the time has come to rid the country's northern territories of rusting barrels, scrap metal and illegal waste dumps in general.

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