And if you would drive the water

Russia is ready to supply the dried Xinjiang-Uygursky Autonomous District of China with fresh water from the Altai Territory. According to TASS, this was stated by the head of the Ministry of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev.

The project, developed by the Department of Reclamation of the Department, provides for the transfer to China through the territory of Kazakhstan 70 million cubic meters of water annually. It is claimed that these 70 million cubic meters are excesses dropped after the spring flood.

The volume of water supply, according to officials, can be increased to 1 billion cubic meters per year due to the "joint development of the existing engineering infrastructure" of the Gilevsky reservoir and the Kulundinsky Canal. It is claimed that such an increase will not entail environmental damage.

In the near future, Tkachev noted, Russian officials will discuss the project with Kazakh colleagues. China, as far as possible, has not yet made any proposals.

In May 2014, Gazprom signed a gas contract for the supply of gas with the Chinese National Oil and Gas Corporation (CNPC). The total price of an agreement concluded for 30 years amounted to $ 400 billion. It was reported that supplies under the contract will begin in 2018.

Meanwhile, the ecologist Suren Gazaryan noted that this contract is threatened by the UKOK plateau , located on the territory of the UNESCO World Heritage Object, Golden Mountains of Altai. In the case of building a gas pipeline through UKOK, the ecologist continued, the Golden Mountains of Altai are highly likely to fall into the World Heritage List in danger. “It will be a huge shame for Russia,” said Gazaryan. “Although now, probably, they don’t care.”