Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Government of the Russian Federation – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.
On Ecologist Day, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev spoke at a meeting of the board of Rosprirodnadzor. He spoke about the department’s successes last year and outlined the tasks for the current year.
“Our country is consistently moving towards achieving environmental well-being. It is Rosprirodnadzor that the state has entrusted with the responsible role of verifying the quality of measures implemented within the framework of the national project of the same name in this large-scale process. This concerns control over wastewater treatment, elimination of accumulated damage, as well as the level of air pollution and other areas of work. In all these areas, a rational supervision system has been built, which, in general, allows us to identify and fairly suppress environmental violations,” Dmitry Patrushev emphasized.
The Deputy Prime Minister noted that in 2024, the service’s activities provided almost 32.5 billion rubles in revenues to the consolidated budget, which is 30% more than the forecast expectations. The bulk of these funds are directed to environmental programs in regional budgets.
The department’s activities actively include electronic services, including for collecting reports and budget administration. From 2020 to 2025, the number of services provided digitally increased 16 times and now covers their entire range. Dmitry Patrushev added that digitalization will help expand the remote control system, which in turn will increase the mobility of Rosprirodnadzor and the number of events carried out.
The Deputy Prime Minister reported that in 2024, the number of preventive visits and warnings from the department exceeded 80 thousand, which is almost twice as much as the year before. At the same time, the number of scheduled inspections is decreasing. Last year, 30% fewer of them were carried out than in 2023.
Rosprirodnadzor also continues to assess the impact of accumulated harm on the environment for inclusion in the relevant register. Last year, more than 230 accumulated harm objects were surveyed and assessed in 49 regions.
Dmitry Patrushev outlined the department’s tasks for the current year, including within the framework of work to complete the construction of treatment facilities on the Volga and Baikal, issuing comprehensive environmental permits, and administering the extended producer responsibility reform.
Rosprirodnadzor is also assigned a key role in the experiment on quotas for pollutant emissions in cities participating in the federal project “Clean Air”. The Deputy Prime Minister emphasized that the list of such objects and the quota sizes should be established this year.
In conclusion, Dmitry Patrushev noted that over the past six years, funding for Rosprirodnadzor and its subordinate institutions has increased by 3.5 times. In addition, in 2025, the Government has additionally allocated 6 billion rubles to increase salaries for employees of the agency over the coming years, which will also help attract young, motivated specialists to the industry.
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