Yukos Subsidiaries Under Fire

The Ministry of Natural Resources for the Yamal Nenets Autonomous Area has brought more than 250 injunctions against enterprises of the Yukos oil company.

The commission set about its work at the beginning of November. The head of the board, Igor Zolotov, stated that it "focused attention on checking whether the environmental protection legislation on pollution of the air, water and land resources was being observed." Most, more than 200, injunctions have been brought against the Arctic Gas Company, Arktikgaz. During the environmental inspection violations were discovered in the use of water and the processing of wastes.

Another subsidiary, Urengoyl Inc, had more than 50 injunctions brought against it. The enterprise had implemented projects without waiting for the conclusions of state environment experts.