In August 2019, the Minister of Natural Resources of the
Russian Federation decreed that Rosprirodnadzor would be shrunk from 89 regional entities into 32 super-regional entities. In September 2019, Rosprirodnadzor and
Norilsk Nickel signed an agreement whereby the latter would "automatically meter and monitor pollutant emissions" from "its mining facilities". On 4 June 2020, Rosprirodnadzor declared a state of emergency when 20,000 tonnes of
diesel oil had spilled since 29 May from a plant owned by power subsidiary
NTEK of
Norilsk Nickel. The
Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case "over the pollution and alleged negligence", and the plant supervisor was taken into custody. ==Leadership==