OIL A prudent decision
Source of Map BBC News
The proposed route of the pipeline from central Russia to the Pacific took it within 800 metres of Lake Baikal.
The 2,500 deep lake is the largest body of fresh water in the world. An oil spill near the lake could be a disaster.
To advoid the risk President Putin has decreed that the route be moved40 kilometers north.
The forces of good are to prevail.
<< Home