Russian mine leak: Investigation after acid spill images go viral
Last month, President Vladimir Putin declared a state of emergency over a massive oil spill in the Arctic circle in May.
Russian prosecutors are inspecting a facility that is supposed to be treating a toxic chemical leak from an abandoned mine in the Ural Mountains.
Images of large scale environmental damage went viral on social media last week.
Al Jazeera’s Sara Khairat reports.
Published On 24 Jul 2020