Illegal logging was mostly happening in Russian Far East, and not Siberia at the time I left in 2007. Siberia is way too far away from any transportation, and

Illegal logging was mostly happening in Russian Far East, and not Siberia at the time I left in 2007. Siberia is way too far away from any transportation, and most importantly China, and seaports. And yes, indeed, the forestry industry was synonymic with mafia back then. Currently, fires are blazing in extremely unreachable places, and too way up far north to be a result of commercial activity.