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Putin calls for “firmer control” as Russia's deadly drought continues
Published: 21 July, 2010, 10:17
Edited: 25 July, 2010, 01:15
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has placed his First Deputy in charge of monitoring progress against a heat wave and drought that has devastated agriculture in the country.
Natural disasters are usually more difficult than man caused disasters except maybe the deep ocean/sea oil drilling apocolypse. It could take years to recover from the current Russian heat/draught disaster. There should be a world disaster fund (at least one trillion euros} set aside for all member/contributor nations to help ease the pain for people in countries experiencing great disasters. Also, there should be a trillion euro fund set up by all oil companies to help insure the world against deep sea/ocean oil disasters like currently happening in the Gulf of Mexico (MAN CAUSED DISASTER FUND}. Deep sea drilling should be ceased immediately and those thousands of wells currently capped, that may be leaking, should be made safe by stopping the leaks and making them safe, if possible. Otherwise, big oil may destroy our waters/oceansgulfs etc. and ultimately the planet.
Better weather means that thousands of hectares of Russian land will be used for farming and living conditions in an important part of the Russian Federatiion will improve. It is necessary for Russia to create the infraestructure to take the water to the places where it is need (water pipelines) or, much more important, better efficiency saving water and using it for farming.