Russian timber industry

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The Russian timber industry is a significant contributor to the economy of Russia, worth around 20 billion dollars per year.

There are significant profits to be made selling timber to China in particular, and there have been allegations of illegal logging within Russia.

On 2007-12-06, Oleg Zhukovsky, a senior manager at VTB Bank working with the Russian timber industry, was found dead in the empty swimming pool of his dacha outside Moscow. Links to the criminal gangs within the Russian timber industry are suspected, and a murder investigation is underway. ^{[1] [2]}

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Halpin, Tony (December 8, 2007), “Top banker murdered as contract killings return to haunt Moscow”, The Times, <http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article3019237.ece> 
2. ^ Nowak, David & Stewart, Catrina (Tuesday, December 11, 2007), “Banker Found Dead In Pool”, The St Petersburg Times, <http://www.sptimes.ru/story/24109> 

[edit] External links

• Timber Industry 2000-2004 (Kommersant)
• Siberia Logging (TED Projects)
• “Commercial Logging Fails in Russian Parliament”, Environment News Service, November 26, 2003, <http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/nov2003/2003-11-26-04.asp> 
• Litvinovna, Irina (October 2004), “Timber industry in Russia shows promise”, The Logging and Sawmilling Journal, <http://www.forestnet.com/archives/Oct_04/guest_column.htm>