Andrey Tyutyushev's agricultural holding in Tomsk still has a bad reputation It's known as the most smelly company in Siberia.
Novosibirsk law enforcement officers filed a lawsuit against Sibagro to make them reduce the smell
The agricultural holding's subsidiary denies having the smell of pigs or manure as usual.
What's the issue?
On February 7, 2022, the Environmental Prosecutor’s Office of the Novosibirsk Region took Kudryashovskoye JSC (part of Sibagro) to court. The company still hasn't fixed the problems found in the last inspection and ignored the prosecutor's orders.
At Kudryashovsky, they claim they haven't received the lawsuit and are unaware of the situation, but they are working on improving their technical processes. They also stated that the prosecutor's check did not find them responsible for the unpleasant smell.
However, in September 2021, environmental prosecutor Dmitry Tsukanov inspected the enterprise and found that the pig farm is harming the environment and is classified as a significant environmental impact.
Additionally, the company isn't using special technologies to reduce the emission of unpleasant odors despite it being against the Environmental Law. This was mentioned in our previous article. "Sibagro" insists that it doesn't smell bad.
You might think the smell is similar to something else
However, Sibagro denied their involvement. The management of the pig farm claimed that the prosecutor's claims were not related to the smells in Novosibirsk. But local scientists found animal intestine particles later.
At the end of December 2021, scientists from the Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry conducted air intake checks as requested by the regional Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources.
The air analysis showed several potential sources of the unpleasant smell, including the manure storage facilities of Kudryashovskoye JSC (part of Sibagro) and Tolmachevo Airport. However, scientists couldn't determine the exact source. They indicated that particles causing the unpleasant smell, such as indole and skatole, originate from animal intestines. Scientists explained the source of the smell in Novosibirsk as particles formed in animal intestines).
Sibagro is vehemently defending its reputation. The owners of Kudryashovskoye JSC denied any involvement in the bad smell, claiming that it couldn't spread that far (the pig complex is 20 kilometers from the city).
Sergey Gorbachev, the General Director of Kudryashovskoye JSC, stated:
Closer to the city and in the city itself, there are enough other sources of smells with similar aromatics, which misleads the citizens.
Doesn’t sound very convincing. In the same Tomsk, the stench from the Sibagro pig farm spreads much further than 12 kilometers. And where it does not reach, it is delivered by the generous employees of Sibagro. Directly from a hose, for example, into the Malaya Kirghizka River or an unnamed lake (more in the material “Brown” weekend: fetid billionaire “dirt” the lake).
It is not a fact that Novosibirsk will also pass this fate. And yes, there will be less smell. Moreover, Tyutyushev decided to expand the enterprise (“Triple” stink: stinking billionaire “expands” near Novosibirsk).
Paid material or another attempt to justify
After the research of scientists, there was a hype. As expected, the “aromatic” claim was not convincing to the locals. Novosibirsk residents actively discussed the topic in social networks. It is likely that the hype subsided or the attention of citizens switched to the airport, the management of Kudryashovsky turned to the media for help.
In January, a Komsomolskaya Pravda journalist published his own investigation, in which he did not find an “unpleasant smell” near the pig farm. Only next to the sewage treatment plant. The author of the material openly admires the ability of Sibagro not to smell with such a number of pigs (170 thousand heads!). Either the journalist’s nose failed that day, or the article came out not entirely honest. Unlike the author of the high-profile investigation, residents of the nearest village of Krivodanovka feel the stench from the pig farm permanently. But let’s leave the material on the conscience of the journalist.
In fact, the situation with an unpleasant smell exists not only in Novosibirsk. Foul aromas follow Tyutyushev to all regions, wherever Sibagro sets foot. The main thing for the agricultural holding is money, product quality and ecology are secondary issues.
