Russias enviromental issues
... The extreme pollution has also resulted in a reduction of labor productivity and has deterred investors over liability issues (Wernstedt, 2002, p. ... In the past decade, over a billion dollars have been devoted by foreign governments and foundations to deal with environmental issues in Russia. ... Another major weakness is the failure of NGOs to consider Russia’s hindered economy when assessing environmental issues With such a large scale of environmental and economic issues, addressing one of the problems without consideration to the other proves to be ineffective. ... In the future, perhaps Russia can develop and maintain successful NGOs that can take into consideration the economic dilemmas when dealing with environmental issues and develop strategic plans to conserve and protect their vast resources. ... It also remains to be seen if the new Russian Federation will be more honest in dealing with the pressing environmental issues than the Soviet Union was.