DIY shops across Europe are selling wood taken illegally from Russia’s far-east taiga region, where corruption is contributing to the rapid destruction of virgin forests, a report has claimed.
The Guardian: DIY shops in Europe selling wood taken illegally from Russia
Illegally cut logs disovered during a raid by the State Security Service at a woodworking enterprise in Lazeshchyna village of Zakarpattia Oblast on July 25, 2019.