The Presidential Property Management Department declared that
they "didn't keep and don't keep the construction of objects for
the recreation activity and forest fire-prevention road on the
territory of the state nature preserve "Bol'schoy Utrish" and
recommended to address administration of the Krasnodar Region.
What is the most interesting in this situation is that the
desired information can be found on the web-site of the Forestry
Department of the Krasnodar Region. It is in a free access
including officials of the Presidential Property Management
Department.
The Forest plan approved by the Head of the Administration (the
Governor) of the Krasnodar region contains information on the
planned construction of "the sports and recreation complex" in
"Bol'schoy Utrish" preserve. The initiator - the Main Directorate
on the Capital Development of the Presidential Property Management
Department - is indicated.
Nobody ever affirmed that the Kremlin officials will personally
cut the relic forest or lay tile in the swimming pool of a
VIP-cottage. The Fund of regional non-commercial projects "Dar"
builds the "fire-prevention" road from which "Utrish scandal" has
begun. The territory for recreational purposes, where the notorious
sports and recreation center is going to be build, is rented to it
as well. However the Governor of the Krasnodar Region "affirms"
that the initiator of all is the Presidential Property Management
Department! Who should one believe?
The project of future sports and recreation complex in Utrish
exists as a supplement to information on the official web-site of
the Krasnodar institution of the state power. It is found to be at
the Environmental watch on the Northern Caucasus disposal.
There is an agreement act in the project where its plenipotents
are named. The Head of the Presidential Property Department of the
Russian Federation V.I.Kozhin and his Deputy I.D.Malyushin are
among them! It is interesting that I.D.Malyushin itself had signed
the letter which Greenpeace received where it is affirmed that the
Presidential Property Management Department wasn't related to the
construction in Utrish…No explanation required.
In this view one should particularly notice the last paragraph
in the letter of the Department: "We call your attention to the
fact that if further publications or statements in the mass media
containing claims that the Presidential Property Management
Department is keeping the construction of objects on recreation
activity and forest fire-prevention road on the territory of the
state nature preserve "Bol'shoy Utrish" are made", the Presidential
Property Management Department of the Russian Federation will
undertake all measures provided by the current legislation on
protection of own business reputation and on bringing to account
those who spread false and detractive information".
We hope that it isn't a threat towards public opinion but a real
wish to unmask those who spread false and detractive facts. We are
ready to render the highest possible assistance from our side. The
sources of these facts on the grounds of the above-listed documents
are:
Forest plan of the Krasnodar Region
Decree of the Head (Governor) of the Krasnodar Region
Administration, 31 March 2009 № 249 that approved the Forest
plan
As Mikhail Kreindlin, the head of the protected natural
territories project in Greenpeace Russia, said: "The Department's
heads seem to think that the their thread will make the public
organizations stop the struggle with the destruction of Utrish,
however, they have forgotten that the law on responsibility of
officials for the false information provision is applied to them as
well. We hope that if the Russian Federation President structures
aren't actually related to the plans on the construction in Utrish,
they will certainly apply the available administrative resources
for creation of a full preserve without taking out the most
valuable territories where the sports and recreation complex is
going to be placed".