That's what it came to! I read the news, and there they told me that “in the village of Kultuk, work on the construction of factories that will export water from Lake Baikal have almost been completed. The first one will pump water for export to China, the construction of the second one is connected with businessmen from South Korea, it is possible that water will also be sent for export, and the third plant is still at the initial stage of construction."
How so! This is the national heritage and again to China.
Evaluate the tragedy of the syllable: "Lake Baikal is now surrounded by pipes that look like alien tentacles, devastating its depths."
But in fact:
1. The text is presented as if water from Baikal would be pumped through pipes to China. Who believed it?
2. In reality, we are talking about the construction of a bottling plant for bottled water with sales in China and regions of Russia. The water is called "AquaSib".
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3. Lake Baikal is not a final reservoir of fresh water, but a renewable source.
4. In each more or less region there are more or less clean sources - lakes, underground reservoirs. So, at each of these sources, a plant was built that produces water. There is just a lot of well water, but it is considered to be of inferior quality. And the one that is of the type from lakes or of the type from glaciers, then it is considered to be of higher quality and more expensive.
5. This is a common practice not only in Russia, but also abroad. For example, take a look at brands of water and where it comes from in Italy or France.
Here's a presentation.
By the way, let me remind you that here is everything you need to know about the export of Russian timber to China.