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Norilsk: The city built by gulag prisoners where Russia guards its Arctic secrets

Environmental activists are frustrated by how authorities handled a diesel spill which poured into two Arctic rivers in late May.

International correspondent @DiMagnaySky

Friday 3 July 2020 23:41, UK

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The drive from Norilsk airport to the city takes you past mile after mile of crumbling, Soviet-era factories.

It looks like an endless, rusting scrapyard - a jumble of pipes, industrial junk and frost-bitten brickwork. If you were looking for an industrial apocalypse film setting, this would be your place - but you're unlikely to get the permissions.

Norilsk was built in Stalin's times by gulag prisoners. This gritty industrial city is a testament to their endurance both of the cruelty of Stalin's regime and of the harsh polar climate. There were no thoughts then on how to build to protect the environment, just to survive it.

Vasily Ryabinin doesn't think much has changed, at least in ecological terms. He used to work for the local branch of the federal environmental watchdog, Rosprirodnadzor, but quit in June after exposing what he says was a failure to investigate properly the environmental impact of the gigantic diesel spill which poured into two Arctic rivers in late May.

At 21,000 tonnes, it was the largest industrial spill in the polar Arctic .

Despite the Kremlin declaring a federal emergency and sending a host of different agencies to participate in the clean-up, just last week Mr Ryabinin and activists from Greenpeace Russia found another area where technical water used in industrial processes was being pumped directly into the tundra from a nearby tailing pond. Russia's investigative committee has promised to investigate.

"The ecological situation here is so bad," Mr Ryabinin says.

"The latest constructions such as the tailing pond at the Talnack ore-processing plant were built exclusively by Nornickel chief executive Vladimir Potanin's team and supposedly in accordance with ecological standards, but on satellite images you can see that all the lakes in the vicinity have unnatural colours and obviously something has got into them."

Mining company Nornickel would disagree. It has admitted flagrant violations at the tailing pond and suspended staff it deems responsible at both the Talnack plant and at Norilsk Heat and Power plant no 3 where the diesel spill originated from.

On Thursday it appointed Andrey Bougrov, from its senior management board, to the newly-created role of senior vice president for environmental protection. It has a clear environmental strategy, provides regular updates on the status of the spill, and its Twitter feed is filled with climate-related alerts.

But what investors read is very different to the picture on the ground.

Norilsk used to be a closed city - one of dozens across the Soviet Union shut off to protect industrial secrets. Foreigners need special permissions approved by the Federal Security Service (FSB) to enter the region. It would take an invitation from Nornickel to make that happen and, for the past month since the spill, that has not been forthcoming.

Unlike in Soviet times, Russian citizens are now free to come and go. That's why our Sky News Moscow team were able to fly in and travel around the city, even if getting to the spill site was blocked. What they were able to film provides a snapshot of the immense challenge Russia faces in upgrading its Soviet-era industrial infrastructure, particularly at a time when climate change is melting the permafrost on which much of it was built.

Just downwind from one of the rusting factories on the city outskirts is a huge expanse of dead land. The skeletal remains of trees stand forlorn against the howling Arctic winds. Sulphur dioxide poisoning has snuffed the life out of all that lived here. Norilsk is the world's worst emitter of sulphur dioxide by a substantial margin.

"For 80km south of here everything is dead," Mr Ryabinin says, "and for at least 10km in that direction too. Everything here depends on the wind."

Immediately after the spill, Mr Ryabinin filmed and took samples from the Daldykan river just a few kilometres from the fuel tank which had leaked. By that point the river was a churning mix of diesel and red sludge dredged up from the riverbed by the force of the leak. Norilsk's rivers have turned red before and the chemical residues have sunk to the bottom, killing all life there. Nothing has lived in those rivers for decades.

In his capacity as deputy head of the local environmental watchdog, Mr Ryabinin says he insisted that he be allowed to fly further north to check the levels of contamination in Lake Pyasino and beyond.

Nornickel at the time claimed the lake was untouched by the spill. Mr Ryabinin says his boss encouraged him to let things be.

"I can't be sure I would have found anything, but this sort of confrontation - making sure I didn't go there with a camera, let alone with bottles for taking samples, it was all very clear to me. It was the final straw."

Rosprirodnadzor refused to comment to Sky News on Mr Ryabinin's allegations or suggestions that the agency was working hand in hand with Nornickel.

Georgy Kavanosyan is an environmental blogger with a healthy 37,000 following on YouTube. Shortly after the spill, he set out for Lake Pyasino and to the Pyasina River beyond to see how far the diesel had spread.

"We set out at night so that the Norilsk Nickel security wouldn't detect us. I say at night, but they've got polar nights there now, north of the Arctic Circle. So it's still light but it's quieter and we managed to go past all the cordons."

He is one of the few to have provided evidence that the diesel has in fact travelled far beyond where the company admits. Not just the 1,200km (745m) length of Lake Pyasino but into the river beyond.

He says his measurements indicated a volume of hydrocarbons dissolved in the water of between two and three times normal levels. He thinks after he published his findings on YouTube, the authorities' vigilance increased.

Greenpeace Russia have spent the last two weeks trying to obtain samples from Lake Pyasino and the surrounding area. They have faced difficulties getting around and flying their samples out for independent analysis.

They are now waiting for results from a laboratory in St Petersburg but say the samples remain valid technically for just four days after collection and that they weren't able to make that deadline due to the authorities' actively obstructing their work.

Elena Sakirko from Greenpeace Russia specialises in oil spills and says this has happened to her before. This time, a police helicopter flew to the hunter's hut where they were staying and confiscated the fuel for the boat they were using. Then a deputy for the Moscow city parliament tasked with bringing the samples back from Norilsk was forced to go back empty-handed.

"We were told at the airport we needed permission from the security department of Nornickel," Ms Sakirko says. "We asked them to show us some law or statement to prove that this was legal or what the basis for this was, but they haven't showed us anything and we still don't understand it."

Nornickel announced this week that the critical stage of the diesel spill is over. The company is now finalising dates for a press tour for foreign media and for other international environmentalists.

Mr Ryabinin thinks this should have happened weeks ago.

"If we don't let scientists come to the Arctic region to evaluate the impact of the accident, then in the future if anything similar happens, we won't know what to do."

A spokesperson for Nornickel said the company "is actively cooperating with the scientific community and will meticulously assess both the causes and effects of the accident."

Nornickel considers permafrost thawing to be the primary cause of the accident, but is waiting for the end of investigation before making a final statement, the spokesperson said.

They added that the company "accepts full responsibility for the incidents on its sites these past two months and holds itself accountable for any infrastructural deficits or poor decisions by personnel.

"The imperative is to do everything to clean up our sites, instil a stronger culture of transparency and safety in our workforce, and ensure that such situations do not occur in the future."

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Saliss is secretly a Turnscale who identifies as the opposite gender. Through the use of potions, Saliss is able to physically transform into a female Drake, calling herself Onieva Oliwing and masquerading as Saliss's cousin .

• 1.1 As Saliss
• 1.2 As Onieva
• 2.1 As Saliss
• 2.2 As Onieva
• 3 Background
• 4 Chronology
• 5.1 Classes/Levels:
• 5.2.1 Combination Skill:
• 6 Possessions
• 8 References

Appearance [ ]

As saliss [ ].

Saliss has dusky yellow scales, and a slim body. [2]

As Onieva [ ]

Onieva has a tall slim body, with a unique coloration of rose pink and cobalt blue scales. [3]

Personality [ ]

A joker and a non-comformist, Saliss has often described to be a male Erin , something that she objects stringently to. Saliss delights in annoying people and generally being obnoxious, which he does through outrageous antics and prancing around Pallass naked. [4] He usually tones down his annoyingness with his friends, though admittedly not by much. While he is seemingly very outspoken and forthright, Saliss often hides his true feelings and emotions. Secretly, he is often unhappy and hates hiding who he truly is. He becomes uncomfortable and agitated if he doesn't change to Onieva for more than two weeks. [5] He doesn't regard his "Saliss body" as his true one, which is why he doesn't care about prancing around naked. [6]

While he sometimes does show off being one of the best [Alchemists] and Named Adventurers in the world, Saliss is not egotistical. He is secretive of his work, but is willing to share and trade with others in exchange for something he deems important.

He has a strained relationship with his grandfather Chaldion, who views him as a disgrace due to his attitude and him being a Turnscale, the latter which they often fight about.

As Onieva, she is more social and extroverted, willing to relax and party. Sharp-tongued, she is protective of other Turnscales, and often rails on Pallass's society for its bigotry.

Background [ ]

Saliss is the grandchild of Pallass' Grand Strategist, Chaldion Oliwing . His parents were soldiers who died in war. [7]

Saliss traveled to Nerrhavia's Fallen when they were young, to learn from the [Alchemists] there. He made his name there by slaying a nest of Sandworms alone, and surviving being eaten by one and having acid burns over eighty percent of his body. He killed more monsters in his first year as an adventurer than a Gold-rank team, and returned to Izril as one of the best solo Gold-ranks, right before the First Antinium War . [6]

Saliss earned his epithet during the Antinium Wars, by destroying an Antinium Army. During the Second Antinium War , Saliss witnesses Wrymvr devastating a village and managed to escape with a surviving child, Shirka . Like Mihaela , he would survive Wrymvr's toxins in later engagements, though without permanent debilitating conditions due to his resistances, and is research would become the base for future cures against it and Flying Antinium toxins. [6]

Saliss has only fought alongside Pallass' military twice in his career. Once was in an inter-city dispute against Manus . The other times at the yearly battle at the Bloodfields against the Humans of the north. He created a rain of acid and the humans retreated after eighteen minutes of fighting. After that, the Walled Cities have opted not to involve Saliss in warfare anymore, and he's considered one of the reasons Pallass isn't involved in inter-city warfare anymore. [8]

He's continued to adventure sporadically since becoming a Name-rank, though mainly worked in service to the Walled Cities for raids against the Antinium or destroying particularly dangerous monsters. [6] He reached level 50 when he made a potion of reverse aging for the first time. [7]

Saliss regularly spends time in Pallass' prison cells when caught walking around naked. Rufelt and Xif both commented on this offhandedly, implying that Saliss rarely is clothed. [2] [9]

Chronology [ ]

Powers and abilities [ ].

Saliss is a powerful individual, even by Named Adventurer standards. [10] Saliss possesses one of the highest, if limited, combat potentials in the world, assessed by Grimalkin as stronger than himself, if Saliss were catching the [Sinew Magus] unprepared. [11] He also stated that if Saliss could destroy an army if prepped, [1] and might actually do some damage to Cognita . [11]

Classes/Levels: [ ]

• [Alchemiaform Oldblood, Grand Alchemist of War] Lv.56 [10]
• Unknown other class Lv. ? [8]

Skills: [ ]

He has a number of Skills that makes his scales resist hazardous effects like fire, poison and cold. [10] Many of his [Alchemist] Skills are throwing-related. [12]

• [Accelerated Throw]
• [Alchemy: Shortened Span]
• [Battle Simulations]
• [Controlled Release: Horizontal Spray]
• [Curved Arc]
• [Delayed Throw]
• [Disable Friendly Fire]
• [Double Potency]
• [Doubled Efficacy]
• [Eyes of Appraisal]
• [Flash Hands]
• [Flash Sparks]
• [Flask: Directional Force]
• [Greater Dodge]
• [Quick Draw: Borer Acid Vial]
• [Quickened Mixture]
• [Remote Countdown]
• [Remote Detonation]
• [Remote Explosion]
• [Resistance: Acid]
• [Slow Toss]
• [Vessel of Alchemy]
• [Vial: Spore Explosion]
• [Seithore Basic Handling]

Combination Skill: [ ]

• [Combination Attack: A Thousand Fireflies]
• [Combination Attack: Lightning Tempest]
• [Combination Attack: Winter’s Freeze]

Possessions [ ]

• Anti-[Appraisal] Ring: A Ring made of a Ruby mixed with Truegold. At its center, where a gemstone might go, it has a black, faintly luminescent sigil traced in it that looks like a stylized crossed-out eye. It is enchanted to protect the user from [Appraisal] like Spells. [13]
• Alchemist Glass Jars: Made from expensive and strong glass that could probably stay intact even if thrown at a wall. To make them break to unleash the alchemistic contained in them, Saliss has to use the [Remote Detonation] Skill. [6]
• Xif mentioned that there is an adventuring [Alchemist] specialist of even higher level than himself, which was later confirmed to be Saliss in Ch 7.02 .
• Saliss is an uncomfortable topic for Pallassian residents, though this has somewhat lessened after his role in driving off the Frost Wyverns. [14]
• Saliss is the first person to ever laugh at The Wandering Inn's name. [10]
• Saliss is the most annoying Drake in the entire world, at least in Erin's view. [10] Notably, Saliss has been so far the only person to be able to annoy Bird. [6]
• He is rumored to be the adventurer with the highest attacking power in the world. [1]
• Since Saliss worked for over thirty years to prolong/restore his Grandfather's health, Saliss can be estimated to be about fifty years old. [15]
• Saliss's motto is " Acid is a solution to 90% of all my problems ,’ a joke so bad it had gotten him booed out of both the Alchemist and Adventurer’s Guilds multiple times.
• He tends to swear using String People expressions, such as " Burn my stitches!", most likely stemming from his time in Chandrar.

References [ ]

• ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chapter 7.03
• ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 6.10
• ↑ Chapter 7.17 S
• ↑ Chapter 7.02
• ↑ Chapter 8.39
• ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Interlude - Saliss the Adventurer
• ↑ 7.0 7.1 Chapter 9.54 C
• ↑ 8.0 8.1 Chapter 9.32
• ↑ Chapter 6.38
• ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Interlude – Saliss the Architect
• ↑ 11.0 11.1 Chapter 6.39
• ↑ Chapter 9.67 (P. 1)
• ↑ Chapter 7.07
• ↑ Chapter 7.04
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