By Theodora Filis UPDATE: July 3 (Reuters) - A pipeline burst in Russia's northwestern Komi Republic threatens to leak 1,000 cubic meters of oil into a nearby river and cause serious environmental damage, the head of the state environment watchdog Rosprirodnadzor warned on Monday. "There was a burst in an oil pipeline near Usinsk. According to our calculations, 1,000 cubic meters of oil could get into the Kolva River," the official, Svetlana Radionova, wrote on the Telegram messenger app. The energy-rich region witnessed one of the worst oil spills in Russian history in August 1994, when its aging pipeline network sprang a leak that was officially said to have totaled 79,000 tonnes, or 585,000 barrels. Independent estimates put the figure at up to 2 million barrels . _____________________ Rosneft, the Russian oil company worth an estimated $60 billion, is headquartered in a palace across the Moscow River from the Kremlin. Poised to become...
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