In Primorye, at the request of the prosecutor\’s duty to forest user remedying environmental damage in excess of 4 million. Seaside interdistrict environmental prosecutor\’s office and the law enforcement agencies and the edge forest management audited the annual allowable cut, developed by JSC «Olgales» at the Mikhailovsky district forestry Kavalerovsky forestry. Inspectors found actually exceeded the amount of timber harvested over the allowed amount (mostly oak trees, rocks) as well as cutting completely prohibited to the development of cedar. As a result of oversight activities on the initiative of environmental prosecutor entity of «Olgales» administratively liable under Part 2 of Art. 828 of the Administrative Code (illegal felling of timber by using the mechanisms of motor vehicles, self-propelled vehicles and other equipment) to a fine of 100 thousand rubles with confiscation of illegal wildlife products. In addition, based on the prosecutor\’s investigation, the investigating authorities initiated and is being investigated by the criminal investigation into the illegal felling of forest plantations in the cutting area of «Olgales» on a large scale (Part 3. 260 of the Criminal Code). As the prosecution for violation of forest law does not exempt the perpetrators of the obligation to compensate the damage caused, environmental prosecutor Olginsky district court directed a claim for the recovery of a «Olgales» amount of environmental damage in the amount of $ 4.6 million. The claims environmental prosecutor satisfied by the court in its entirety. Questions of the actual execution of the court decisions are controlled environmental prosecutor.
Elena Telegina, Senior Assistant Attorney Primorye