... According to preliminary information, bears were attracted by a dump. Rosprirodnadzor intends to raise the issue of its elimination.
In total, the southern island of Novaya Zemlya is home to about three thousand people. The population is concentrated in the settlements of Belushya Guba and Rogachevo.
Waste incineration plant on the Novaya Zemlya will work in 2020
The incinerator will be built on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in 2020, four years earlier than originally planned, reports TASS with reference to the administration of the Arkhangelsk region. The region believes that this will help to solve the problem of the invasion of polar bears on the territory of settlements.
The main reasons for the invasion of bears experts call climate change, seasonal migration and the presence of open dumps...
https://ru.arctic.ru/news/20190213/824904.html"
3. Who solves the problem.
"https://tass.ru/obschestvo/6104469
THE ARCTIC TODAY 12 FEB, 11:41
Departure of scientists to New Earth to solve the problem with bears postponed to February 13
The reason for the transfer was the weather conditions
ARKHANGELSK, February 12. /TASS./ The departure of a group of scientists and experts formed by Rosprirodnadzor to solve the problem with the invasion of polar bears in the settlements of Novaya Zemlya was postponed to February 13 due to bad weather and non-flying conditions on the archipelago. This was reported by TASS head of Rosprirodnadzor in the Arkhangelsk region Alexander Gornih...
"The group of experts could not fly to New Earth this morning because there is no weather. The flight rescheduled for tomorrow (February 13)," Gornih told.
The group consists of specialists of the Institute of ecology and evolution. A. N. Severtsov Russian Academy of Sciences, the national Park "Russian Arctic" and Rosprirodnadzor.
As reported TASS the head of the administration of the New Earth Zigansha Musin, over the past two days the polar bears in the settlements did not go.
"We keep the situation under control, thanks to the measures taken to scare off the animals, polar bears have not been recorded in the settlements in the last two days. But around they are, but in what quantity, it is impossible to say: we have a strong snowstorm, visibility is less than a kilometer," Musin said.
The number of bears whose invasion was recorded in the settlements of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago has decreased. It is reported TASS with reference to the head of the municipal formation of "New Earth" Zigansha Musin.
It is noted that the emergency regime in the territory is still maintained. Children in kindergartens carry on special transport.
"The active displacement of bears outside the village continues... we fulfill this displacement with the equipment that is," Musin said.
According to him, polar bears have become smaller, but the exact number is unknown.
"We can not make a calculation because of the weather-snow, snow," Musin added...
Maria Vorontsova: in withdrawal of Fund of protection of animals from Russia there is no policy
On January 14, 12:00
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), whose headquarters is in the USA, worked in Russia-24 of year, successfully protecting bears, tigers, baby seals, killer whales and other wild animals. However in 2018 the representative office of fund in Russia was closed. The chief representative of IFAW Maria Vorontsova told about the reasons of such decision, the relation of the authorities and results of activity of RIA Novosti. Igor Ermachenkov talked [with her].
- The fund worked in Russia-24 of year. In what the reason of closing of representation?
- The fund worked in Russia since November, 1994 in the different directions. In recent years IFAW began to develop strategic plans and according to the last such document, in the next five years a priority is rescue of elephants in Africa and also work in India and Southeast Asia. We concentrate as much as possible forces on these regions and we leave Russia. With elephants a situation such is that each 15 minutes one animal perishes. In Africa the criminal groups which are engaged in illegal trade in ivory act and for fight against them in 2018 IFAW opened several new offices on the Black continent...
https://ria.ru/20190114/1549242997.html"
6. From the history.
"http://pravdasevera.ru/-mc68a1hu
The network edition of "True North" ["Pravda Severa"]
17 September 2014
...When and how did the polygon? What is he doing now, if not rattling nuclear explosions? Who bears a difficult service in the New Earth?
...
... The state Commission consisting of naval engineers, admirals, scientists was immediately established, and in the summer of 1954 it chose an area on Novaya Zemlya that met all the requirements for testing torpedoes with an atomic charge in the sea.
... Work began simultaneously at three sites: in the village Belushya Guba - residential, team and laboratory facilities; on the Bay Rogacheva - the airfield, the Black Guba - combat "testing" field...
... By decree of the government responsible for the first test of a nuclear torpedo was appointed Commander of the Navy Admiral of the fleet Soviet Union Nikolai Kuznetsov - the godfather of the polygon.
But he had a heart attack.
Instead of it there arrived the Deputy - Admiral Arseny Golovko.
... But the wood is cut - chips fly! Explosion singed huge spaces of the tundra, broke away a shock wave icebergs from glaciers, destroyed settlements Camp and Northern in Matochkin Strait, incinerated many Pomor monuments ... The last air explosion took place on December 25, 1962 ...
...
Joint efforts of Minatom and the main nuclear centres of Russia managed to restore the activity of the Novaya Zemlya testing ground for solving modern scientific, technical and defense task...
... Everything is beautiful here...
...
Nuclear explosions subsided, the civil power was created, the explored mineral resources of the archipelago are ready to serve the economy of Russia, the Orthodox Church was revived, the indigenous novozemelets [locals] are in their homeland ... Finally, the Northern part of the Novaya Zemlya became part of the national Park "Russian Arctic", where scientists work...
Viktor TOLKACHEV
http://pravdasevera.ru/-mc68a1hu"
"https://ria.ru/20190129/1550070196.html
The defense Ministry reported on the results of work on cleaning the Arctic
January 29, 14: 04
MOSCOW, 29 Jan - RIA Novosti. The Russian defense Ministry in 2015-2018 years demolished the Novaya Zemlya more than 400 former Soviet military buildings, which were inhabited by polar bears, and recultivated more than a hundred hectares of tundra, said the representative of the 12 main Directorate of the military Department Konstantin Shurkalin...
https://ria.ru/20190129/1550070196.html"
13 February 2019 22: 50
Translation from Russian into English: February 13, 2019 23:29.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский "Рассказ об интересе к Новой Земле и к белым медведям 13 февраля 2019 г.".