Pipeline safety violations prompt Russia to take more control of system

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Moscow-The Russian government intends to take more control over the country's oil and gas pipeline system, which it describes as being in "an unsatisfactory condition" because of a lack of care taken by the lines' owners, a government official said late November 2. "Pipeline transport in Russia is in an unsatisfactory condition. The damage made by oil and gas pipelines to the environment is unforgivable," the press service of Russia's federal environmental, technological and nuclear surveillance body Rostehnadzor quoted agency head Konstantin Pulikovsky as saying.