Factories of Nizhny Tagil and Chelyabinsk will be included in the list of 300 enterprises, where first of all they will solve the problem of unfavorable ecological situation. This was at a meeting with government members, Vladimir Putin said, the Kremlin's press service reported..

"You know that in the previous few months we have decided what and how should be done to comply with environmental requirements. We also know very well that in some cities this problem is especially acute: Bratsk, Krasnoyarsk, Lipetsk, Magnitogorsk, Mednogorsk, Nizhny Tagil, Novokuznetsk, Norilsk, Omsk, Chelyabinsk, Cherepovets, Chita. The highest volumes of emissions in the air are recorded here, "the president said..

Since 2019, the country will begin to introduce a new system of environmental regulation. By this time, a list of enterprises of 300 enterprises should be formed, where this problem will be solved first of all. Beginning next year, first of all, the best available technologies (BAT) will be transferred to these enterprises. Their contribution to emissions and discharges across the country is more than 60%.

"We have formed and approved this list. It includes the largest chemical and metallurgical enterprises, ore mining and processing enterprises, pulp and paper mill, thermal power station, hydroelectric power station, sewage treatment plants and other enterprises. The list includes enterprises - the main polluters in large industrial centers, you mentioned them: Chelyabinsk, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny Tagil, Magnitogorsk, Norilsk, Bratsk, other cities of special ecological attention, the Volga River is also our priority project, "- said the Minister of Environment Sergey Donskoy.

Recall, on March 1 during a message to the Federal Assembly, speaking of a painful for Russia environmental issue, Vladimir Putin cited as an example the negative experience of Nizhny Tagil and Chelyabinsk. He said that residents of large industrial centers because of smog for weeks do not see the sun.