Russian Arctic tribe at risk from Yamal gas projects
source: http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE5953ZB20091006?feedType=RSS&feedName=e...
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"The Nenets tribespeople of Russia's frozen Yamal peninsula have survived the age of the Tsars, the Bolshevik revolution and the chaotic 1990s, but now confront their biggest challenge -- under their fur-bundled feet is enough gas to heat the world for five years.
"For them it is fortune, for us terror," said 20-year-old herder Andrei Yezgini, dressed from head to toe in reindeer skin, referring to ambitious plans by state gas giant Gazprom to drill the region Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has described as "the world's storehouse" of gas and oil."
Keep on destroying, and berries and deers will be gone.
"For them it is fortune, for us terror," said 20-year-old herder Andrei Yezgini, dressed from head to toe in reindeer skin, referring to ambitious plans by state gas giant Gazprom to drill the region Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has described as "the world's storehouse" of gas and oil."
Keep on destroying, and berries and deers will be gone.
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