Russians rally to save world’s oldest lake
1 Apr 2010

Hundreds have protested in Moscow against the reopening of a factory environmentalists say will lead to waste being dumped into the world's oldest lake.
"The fate of factory workers must be decided while taking into account the fate of Lake Baikal - and not that of the oligarchs," Russian writer Valentin Rasputin said in a message read out during the protest.
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