Environmental Crime and Corruption in Russia

Sally Stoecker is a Scholar-in-Residence, School of International Studies, American University, Washington, DC, USA. Ramziya Shakirova is a research analyst at Independent Project Analysis (www.ipaglobal.com) and holds a doctorate in Public Policy from the School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Arlington, VA, USA.

Introduction 1. Envisaging Environmental Crime in Russia: Past and Present Realities 2. Russia’s Nuclear Industry and the Environment 3. Forest Auctions in Russia: How Anticorruption Laws Facilitate the Development of Corrupt Practices 4. Combating Corruption and Organized Crime in the Forest Sector, Trans-Lake Baikal Territory 5. Environmental Crimes on the Territory Adjacent to the Petroleum-Storage Facility in the Town of Kama in the Kambarsk Region of the Udmurt Republic 6. The Impact of Metallurgical and Cement Industrial Waste on Central Russia’s Environment 7. Environmental Contamination and Public Health in the Republics of Tatarstan and Mari El, Russian Federation