[en] The efficiency of nonlinear interaction of plasma with electromagnetic waves with the frequency close to that of the lower hybrid resonance has been theoretically investigated. It has been shown that nonlinear effects of ion induced scattering may lead to the fact that an electromagnetic wave in inhomogeneous plasma loses a significant part of its energy without reaching the point of the lower hybrid resonance. In this case a considerable heating of peripheral layers of plasma occurs which is accompanied by arising of fast electrons and by turbulization of a plasma boundary. It has been shown that the efficiency of the nonlinear mechanism should decrease when increasing lifetimes of particles