Brown coal in disused Soviet deposit burning at a temperature as high as 600C.

Russian government proposes intriguing solution if Ulaanbaatar halts plans for hydropower dams on the Selenga River.

'All forest wildfires extinguished' in Siberian Federal District, say officials, but peat flames still raging.

Environmentalists call for World Bank to halt funding for projects that could alter flow of rivers leading into lake with water nearing critical low.

One region alone - Yakutia - has 5 million tons scrap metal dumped in polar regions, an ugly Soviet legacy.

Sea creatures in ‘Whale Jail’ are ‘trapped’ under ice amid growing concern over their fate.

Russian President to 'personally' monitor situation amid fears projects could alter river flows and harm Baikal eco-system.

Lena Pillars, a World Heritage Site, hit by the rampant flames, as calls grow for greater efforts to tackle infernos.

Six infernos ravaging the region's nature have been extinguished in the past 24 hours, it is reported.

Shocking puce water as nearby nickel processing plant says cause is decades of contamination in Soviet times which company is working to overcome.