Kazakhstan should adopt a special state program for the protection of the Caspian Sea’s ecosystem, deputy Leonid Burlakov stated at a republican senate plenary sitting September 21, REGNUM correspondent reports. In a request addressed to prime minister, the senator raises the issue of flooded and improperly shut oil wells. Referring to data of public prosecutors’ checks, Leonid Burlakov points out that an earlier adopted four-year branch program on elimination of self-flowing oil wells is not being fulfilled. The senator stated that everybody concerned – central and local authorities, managing subjects, and investors – should join efforts to protect the unique flora and fauna’s of the Caspian Sea. The MP insists on the necessity for the Prime Minister Danial Akhmetov to personally interfere in the situation. According to Leonid Burlakov, “Neglect of urgent measures aimed at solving the abovementioned problems at the government level may pose threat of ecological catastrophe on the scale of all the Caspian region. (Regnum)