INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
An underwater knight statue has actually been eliminated from the bottom of Lake Baikal in Siberia after a protest over its effect on the
lakes fragile community, law enforcement officials stated Monday.The two-meter statue was discovered 40 meters (130 feet) from the shoreline
Media reported that the knight had actually been positioned there last month by a diving club to honor Grigory Galazy, a Soviet
conservationist referred to as the Knight of Baikal by associates and students.However, the underwater setup stimulated criticism online,
with some implicating it of pollutingBaikal, the worlds deepest and earliest freshwater lake.The Baikal environmental district attorneys
workplace revealed Monday that the statue was eliminated by unidentified people, following their intervention.In current decades, Lake
Baikal has actually dealt with environmental issues caused by commercial contamination, mining and farming overflow
UNESCO designated the lake as a World Heritage Site, requiring Russia to ensure its environmental protection through law.Mark Kisurin, a
complimentary scuba diver who published videos of the submerged statue, stated that the knight was not the only form of pollution at the
lakes bottom.If only the mad [online] commentators understood how many bottles, beer cans, rusty non reusable charcoal grills, car tires,
plastic and other home trash we gather practically daily along the coast, Kisurin composed on Telegram last week.He included: Nobody other
than for a couple of dozen divers understands how much rusty metal and decomposing wood from pre-war and even pre-revolutionary times lies
along the coasts of Baikal.A Message from The Moscow Times: Dear readers, We are facing unprecedented obstacles
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