The Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of Russia informs: "Ecological state of the facilities for the FIFA World Cup 2018 is found to be at a high level".

23 August 2016, Tuesday

                "Ecological state of the facilities for the FIFA World Cup 2018 is found to be at a high level", as it was appraised by Rustam Rabadanov, Deputy Director of the Department for the State Policy and Regulation in the field of Environment Protection under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of Russia, following the results of inspection of the ecological state of facilities used to hold the FIFA World Cup in the capital of Tatarstan, reports the official website of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation.

Within the framework of the visit to the Republic of Tatarstan, a delegation of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia inspected the ecological state of the training camp of the FC "Rubin", the air state monitoring post under the Department of the Territorial Administration for Hydrometeorological and Environmental Monitoring for the Republic of Tatarstan on Lavrentyeva Str., the football stadium "Kazan Arena", and the stadium "Tsentralny". "Russia's Candidature File provides for broad obligations in the field of environmental protection and ecological safety, including the necessity to confirm the conformity of sports stadiums with the highest international ecological standards. All the facilities that we inspected are in a good shape, and they all comply with the requirements to the ecological safety", acknowledged Rustam Rabadanov during the meeting on ecological support for preparation and holding of the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Kazan. As a reminder, assurance of minimization of the negative impact on the environment is one of the top priority tasks when it comes to the implementation of large-scale infrastructure facilities. The Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia has accumulated solid experience in the area of ecological support of sports events of the international level. In such a way, during preparation for the Olympic Games 2014 in Sochi, a system of "green" construction standards was elaborated and it spread to other projects implemented today under the aegis of the state. Moreover, the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia participated in elaboration and implementation of the Concept of Environment Protection during preparation and holding of the XXVII World Summer Universiade 2013 in the capital of Tatarstan. All the provisions of the Concept were fulfilled at a high level: the events were held related to the development of the network for Kazan monitoring; strategic shore protection campaign was implemented; a harmonious system for ecological surveillance was formed, modernization of the waste management system and transport infrastructure was carried out along with beautification and landscaping of the city. During the inspection, the delegation of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia together with their colleagues from the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan are planning on inspecting the water area of the Kazanka River from the motor boat and diving to the sites of location of sunken vessels in Tatarstan.

Press Service of the Ministry

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