Misha Japaridze
Russia's outgoing President Dmitry Medvedev on March 21. Russian authorities Wednesday announced plans to clean up more than 160 tonnes of highly toxic waste that was illegally dumped close to a town after outraged residents appealed to the Kremlin. The town's residents late last week wrote to Medvedev asking him to intervene and accused the regional government of putting 40,000 people at risk.
