11 October 2011, 22:00
Over 250 trees of rare species illegally cut down in the neighbourhood of Novorossiysk
Over 250 trees of rare species were illegally cut down in the settlement of Yuzhnaya Ozereevka, the neigbourhood of Novorossiysk.
The fact of illegal deforestation between "Volna" holiday village and a non-commercial gardeners' partnership "Marushkin Courtyard" was discovered during a prosecutor's inspection.
70 oak-trees, 100 oriental hornbeam trees and 80 prickly juniper trees were destroyed by these illegal actions. The damage came to 2.827.517 rubles, "ITAR-TASS" reports.
The question of starting criminal proceedings according to part 3, clause 260 of the Criminal code of the Russian Federation (illegal deforestation on an especially large scale) is currently under consideration, online diary "Zhivaya Kuban" ("Live Kuban") referring to a representative of Public prosecutor's office of Krasnodar region reports.