Russian town Chapaevsk, situated in Samara region, dies off. For several decades there have been produced warfare toxins. As a result for the last 15 years the population of the town has decreased in a quarter. The soil and ground waters are filled with dioxins and other poisons. People die from tuberculosis, throat and liver cancer.In the 20th there has been constructed a secret plant that would produce the inside part of chemical weapons: sulphur mustard and lewisite. During World War II the chemicals were produced 24 ours a day and all the wastes were dumped into the near river and canals.
After the war the factories continued to produce chemical weapons, projectiles and explosives, which badly damaged the ecology of the town. Since early 90th the defense plants haven’t been producing anything. Soon the chemical plant was also closed down. However even today the citizens find chemical projectiles with strange stinky liquid leaking out of it. The town is situated on the bank of the river Chapaevka, all the wastes have been dumped there, so as a result the river doesn’t meet any ecological demands.
Local authorities don’t conceal the problem. Some days ago the town mayor Nikolai Malakhov proposed the town liquidation as an ideal solution to the problem.
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This article, although roughly translated, shows that the choices Russia made in the past have come back to haunt them. Considering their current position, Russia needs to look ahead and plan their moves carefully, isolating the surrounding countries like Ukraine and Georgia, could be a costly move. The solutions proposed are extremely costly and time consuming.
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