Photographer seeks crowdfunding for trip to this little known natural wonder so remote that almost no pictures exist.

The Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill is to be shut down in a victory for environmental campaigners.

Economic crisis to blame for delay in plan to breathe new environmentally-friendly life into former Lake Baikal polluter.

Adventurers from Irkutsk's A1team spruce up the giant lake's shoreline, before showcasing its stunning scenery - and ancient rock paintings.

Andrey Solovyev keeps a lonely all-winter vigil in Yakutia in search of the legendary Labynkyr Devil.

DNA 'tests' of hair supposedly from a Yeti in a Siberian cave show it comes from an unknown mammal closely related to man, it was claimed last night.

Sardana Avksentyeva swept to power as mayor of Russia’s diamond capital in September.

Sochi Olympics competitor died at the scene of head-on smash.

Today the Asia Pacific is a vital center of economic development and progressive political influence.

Foreigners should be invited to pay $10,000 per animal in novel way to fund cull needed to save reindeer and horses.