Russia's Kuzbass region has announced on Tuesday that an experimental initiative to establish quotas on harmful emissions has begun in Novokuznetsk, as part of a federal project to improve air quality in the city

Russian plants may disclose data on air emissions, currently classified as a commercial secret, and submit it to scientists so they can create models on how to improve air quality in cities that are part of the "Fresh Air" project, Deputy Director of the Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory (MGO), a part of federal weather agency Rosgidromet, Sergey Chicherin, told Sputnik

Three cities of Russia's Ural Federal District Chelyabinsk, Magnitogorsk and Nizhny Tagil will be covered by the federal program "Clean Air," stipulating a 20 percent reduction in air emissions by 2024, Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Dmitry Kobylkin said on Thursday.