More than 400 volunteers from across Russia on Sunday cleaned up the world famous lake.

Can the world's oldest and deepest lake finally realise its potential as a world class venue?

Viewers can watch life in the depths of Lake Baikal round the clock.

New government list of prohibited activities paves the way for new 'environmentally-safe' small businesses near the lake.

In beach resort of Listvyanka alone, 98 contaminated streams are disgorging sewage and chemical waste into the pristine waters of the world's oldest lake.

Group long warning of pollution threats to famous lake is branded by new law.

The famously clear waters of Baikal - the world's deepest and oldest lake - are under threat from tourists, says leading scientist Maxim Timofeyev.

Eurasia will split in two, dividing the world's largest land mass in southern Siberia.

Sculptor Dashi Namdakov pays homage to extinct woolly giant in innovative design aimed at becoming Buryatia's 'brand'.