The Ministry of natural resources of Russia is ready to provide financial support for Buryatiya in order to save the dying lake Kotokel. It was announced today by the president of Buryatiya Vyatcheslav Nogovitsyn.

The expedition of the Russian academy of science representatives started searching lake Kotokel on the 6^th of June. The lake became the place of an ecological catastrophe. The fish keeps dying in big quantities. What more, the 17 cases of contamination of a rare disease were registered here since the last year. The main purpose of the expedition is to find the reason of the dangerous situation and to save the lake.

It is considered now that the situation was caused by high anthropogenic loading on the lake.

Besides, the catastrophe was also provoked by alien seaweed. It is possible that the fish is contaminated by the toxins of the seaweed.