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| Kamchatka calling for steps to ensure seismic safety of buildings |
| 2007-04-05 |
| (Itar-Tass) - The Kamchatka regional administration has asked the Russian cabinet to urgently adopt a decision to allocate additional funds in the fourth quarter of this year to guarantee the seismic safety of buildings on the peninsula. Addressing a meeting here on the development of the energy and transport infrastructure of the region, Deputy Minister for Regional Development Vladimir Dedyukhin warned that “the danger of destructive earthquakes in the most densely populated areas of Kamchatka is steadily growing, but no large-scale construction jobs were undertaken there so far”. Since Kamchatka's basically one long string of volcanos, probably the best way to guarantee the seismic safety of its buildings would be to build them elsewhere. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Seem to recall this article from 2006 - prob given new significance due to JAPAN + VANUATU + now SOLOMON ISLANDS QUAKES. The real issue, however, IMO remains the perceptions and treatment of Russian locals to Chinese, Korean, etc foreign labor. CHINA-NK = GERMANY > see RUSSIA as their manifest destiny, wid China already moving into the Russian Far East, while Germany eyes the Russian West = Euro-side [for only?]investment. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-04-05 23:37 |