The Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation said that the Kronotsky State Reserve is operating as before, employees are not leaving, and director Petr Shpilenok continues to work, but in a different position.
“The Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia officially announces that scientific research and environmental education are continuing in the Kronotsky Reserve, the Koryaksky Reserve and the South Kamchatka Reserve. Specially protected natural areas receive tourists and ensure their safety on all routes. Work in the territories was not suspended and did not stop for a single day,” the ministry said in a statement.
It notes that earlier, the news was circulated in the media, in which the administration of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Kronotsky State Reserve” announced the closure of routes. This message is not true. In addition, it was stated that 15 people have applied for dismissal. All are working today. It should be noted that the total number of employees of the reserve is 142 people.
“The director of the reserve, Pyotr Igorevich Shpilenok, who wrote a letter of resignation on June 28, remains to work in the reserve as deputy director. Vsevolod Mikhailovich Yakovlev is the head of the Kronotsky State Reserve. He has been working in the reserve system since 2015, he began his career in the Taganay National Park, and moved to the Kronotsky Reserve in 2021 from the Commander Reserve, ”the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation emphasized.
How reported IA “Kam 24”On July 15, the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky City Court found guilty of misappropriation and embezzlement of a large amount of budget money from the employees of the reserve: the head of the scientific department Daria PanichevaDeputy Director for Science and Ecological Tourism Roman KorchiginaDeputy Director for Financial and Legal Support Oksana Terekhova. The workers received real terms and were taken into custody in the courtroom. After the verdict, the directorate of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Kronotsky State Reserve” announced that from July 19, research and excursion activities in the subordinate protected areas – the Kronotsky Reserve and the South Kamchatka Federal Reserve – were suspended due to a lack of specialists. Yesterday at the institution reportedthat excursion and research activities are being resumed.
Shortly before the verdict was passed, when the prosecutor’s office requested real terms for the reserve’s employees during the trial, the director of the Kronotsky State Reserve Petr Shpilenok in protest wrote a statement for dismissal.