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NEW RUSSIAN LAND CODE GOES INTO EFFECT

Russia’s New Land Code went into effect on October 30, 2001. The following inclusions are of special importance for state nature reserves and national parks:

— State nature reserves, national parks, game reserves, natural monuments, botanical gardens and arboretums are referred to as protected natural areas (Article 95);

— PNA lands may not be taken away;

— Regulation of matters related to land leasing (Art. 22), selection and assignment of plots for construction (Art. 31 and 32);

— Assignment of allotments to the staff of nature reserves and national parks (Art. 24 and 27).

V.B. Stepanitsky

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