a minute agoChemicals that exploded in Beirut were confiscated from the ship of a Russian businessman
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)The media report that chemicals that erupted in a warehouse in Beirut, causing at least 100 casualties, were sent there years ago by a cargo ship, which was confiscated, and which was owned by Russian businessman Igor Grechushkin. He is a businessman from the Siberian city of Khabarovsk, but currently lives in Cyprus. [...]
He is a businessman from the Siberian city of Khabarovsk, but currently lives in Cyprus.
Lebanon's Interior Minister Mohammed Fahmi told a local television station that the incident, which killed more than 100 people and injured thousands more, was caused by the outbreak of more than 2,700 tonnes of Ammonites.
Fahmi said the chemicals were stored in storage after being confiscated by a cargo ship in 2014.
The material was stored without safety.
ship “MV Rhosus” was confiscated by Lebanese authorities, with an order from local inspectors in Beirut, after it entered the port, due to technical problems.
The Associated Press reports that MV Rhosus was transporting ammo nitrates from Georgia's Black Sea port to Mozambique, and there were technical problems that forced him to stop at Beirut.
Media reports in Russia and Moldova on August 5th said MV Rhosus had sailed under Moldova's flag when he arrived in Beirut.
The blast comes at a significant time for Lebanon. The country is facing an economic crisis, coronary pandemic and massive anti-poverty demonstrations. Tensions are also high as Friday, a UN court, is expected to issue its case against four suspects in the former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's car assassination.
He was killed in 2005.
The four suspects are members of the Hezbollah group, which has Iran's backing, which has consistently denied any role in Hariri's death.
