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Russia’s Kuzbass coal region is on the verge of an ecological catastrophe

This corner of Siberia is famous for coal production and its local kingpin. Ecologists believe there are dark days ahead for the centre of Russia’s export coal industry.

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Sergey Sheremetyev. Photo(c): Elizaveta Pestova / Mediazona. All rights reserved.

This article originally appeared in Russian at Mediazona. We are grateful for their permission to publish a translation of it here.