(Speaking) Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the imprisoned Kremlin critic and former head of the Yukos Oil Company, in a recent op-ed column, said Russia's demand for skills in fundamental and applied sciences is declining in light of the appetite for raw materials and corruption.
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Instead of remaining concentrated at the surface, dispersed oil pollutes the entire water column.
"Forty-one survivors said that they smelled oil, but there were no witnesses of flames, fire or a water column, nor were there any injuries from these factors, " Yonhap quotes the full report as saying.