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Russia: Blogger Warns Of Possible Dam Destruction

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Russia, Digital Activism, Economics & Business, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Technology, RuNet Echo

The Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power plant [1] [EN] in Siberia might not survive the spring, blogger Dmitri Verkhoturov writes [2] [RUS]. He provides pictures of an ice crust spread over the dam barrier. In August 2009, one of the turbines at the plant, the sixth-largest in the world, broke apart [3] [EN], which led to the death of 75 people.