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production proved unprofitable and the plant, which is owned by industrial magnate Oleg Deripaska and can produce 200,000 metric tons of pulp and 12,000 tons of packaging paper a year, launched bankruptcy proceedings in October 2009.Putin visited the plant in late July 2009 and made a four-hour dive to the bottom of Lake Baikal last August, declaring the lake "in good condition, and almost unpolluted." He said then that production at the plant could be restarted.
If resumed, the plant would be Deripaska"s second business "saved" by the prime minister. Last summer, Putin also intervened to resume cement production in the northwestern town of Pikalyovo.
In late December, the Baikal mill started testing its equipment, and produced the first test batch of unbleached pulp last week.
A company source told RIA Novosti last week that the Baikal pulp plant would continue arrangements to resume production, but said there was still no question
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