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=== Oil spills === The Russian branch of [[Greenpeace]] called Rosneft the dirtiest oil company in the world. In 2011, according to a survey conducted by the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Nature Management (Rosprirodnadzor) in [[Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug]], Rosneft allowed 2,727 oil spills, which is 75% of the total number of spills that occurs under the company.<ref>{{Cite web |script-title=ru:Как самая грязная нефтяная компания России будет сохранять чистоту Арктики? |trans-title=How will Russia's dirtiest oil company keep the Arctic clean? |url=http://www.greenpeace.org/russia/ru/news/2012/November/27-11-12-Rosneft_Declaracia/ |access-date=21 March 2018 |website=Greenpeace Russia |language=ru-RU}}</ref> According to environmentalists, it is Rosneft's fault that more than 10,000 oil spills occur each year.<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ru:Белый медведь доплыл на льдине до Кремля |trans-title=A polar bear swam on an ice floe to the Kremlin |url=http://www.greenpeace.org/russia/ru/news/2013/01-04-2013_Arctic_Not_For_Sale/ |access-date=21 March 2018 |website=Greenpeace Russia |language=ru-RU}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Welle (www.dw.com) |first=Deutsche |title=Why Russia has so many oil leaks {{!}} DW {{!}} 29.03.2021 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/russia-oil-spills-far-north/a-56916148 |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=DW.COM |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Hydrometeorological Centre of Russia|The Hydrometeorological Centre of Russia]] has estimated that 4.5m tonnes of oil are spilled on the [[Russia]]n mainland every year, that's seven times the [[BP]] [[Deepwater Horizon oil spill|Deepwater Horizon spill]] in the [[Gulf of Mexico]] in 2010.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2015-06-30 |title=Russia's Rosneft charged over pipeline leak that caused oil to come out of taps |url=http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jun/30/russias-rosneft-charged-over-pipeline-leak-that-caused-oil-to-come-out-of-taps |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> Often blamed is Rosneft's ageing infrastructure, so is the lack of government oversight.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> As a result of the environmental contamination, people have observed black water coming out of their taps, cattle have been stricken with tuberculosis, and fish have been found deformed.
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