5 Jun 2013 - 10:04 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
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MOSCOW, Russia
Over the weekend of 1 and 2 June an oil spill occurred at the construction site of a new shopping and leisure complex in the Moscow Region. The oil contaminated a flood plain of the Moscow River, and due to high water levels the local vodokanal (water company) has had to issue a warning that the pollution may enter the freshwater system.