Activities to preserve the salmon population in the Russian Federation were recognized as undermining the economy

The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation recognized that the activities of the international non-governmental organization Wild Salmon Center, which deals with the conservation of Pacific salmon, are undesirable on the territory of Russia. The Russian prosecutor's office believes that such activity will hinder Russia's economic development, RBC reports. "The declared goal of the organization is to save the Pacific salmon. In fact, the activities of the WSC in the Russian Federation are used as a cover during the implementation of projects aimed at restraining the economic development of Russia," the message reads. As an example, the Prosecutor General's Office cited the WSC's promotion of the idea of creating specially protected natural areas in the Far East. Prosecutors decided that this would lead not only to "restriction of fishing for Russian industrial companies", but also to "blocking of gas and oil production industries in the territory of Sakhalin region ...