Last year, at least, there seemed to have been alot of buzz about illegal logging: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/09/05/russians-blame-siberian-wildfires-

Last year, at least, there seemed to have been alot of buzz about illegal logging: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/09/05/russians-blame-siberian-wildfires-on-illegal-logging-authorities-inaction-poll-a67157 https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/09/05/russians-blame-sib... https://www.dw.com/en/russias-forests-threatened-by-illegal-logging/a-48060208 https://www.dw.com/en/russias-forests-threatened-by-illegal-... And before: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/11/151110-timber-russian-far-east-illegal-logging-siberia/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/11/151110-timbe...