The problem is that not disturbing the fibers is impossible if you work with it at all, and workers in Russia still suffer from life-changing injuries. Disposing of it safely is also not realistically possible. The regulator just doesn't care, it's as simple as that. Of course they don't "think it's safe" as GP said, there's a ton of research and practice on the opposite and they set a specific (pretty low) limit on the exposure. But they turn a blind eye to the fact it's impossible to enforce and will never be followed in practice as long as asbestos is still being used anywhere. This is why asbestos use is banned everywhere, and this is the issue with Russian regulations, they give a tiny bit of economy a priority over public health, using the convenient research that pretty much "натягивает сову на глобус" in trying to downplay the hazard, if you actually read the relevant studies in Russian.