Russian mining companies are doing a better job at reporting their efforts to mitigate environmental impacts and protect their natural surroundings, says the 2019 Environmental Transparency Rating of Mining and Metals Companies Operating in Russia, published by the local chapter of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
According to WWF, this...
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin instructed the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Finance to provide additional funding for the All-Russian competition for the best projects to create a comfortable urban environment for the next three years, according to the government's website.
There are over 1000 small towns and...
Four people died in a Mi-8 helicopter crash at Ugolniye Kopi airport in Russia’s Chukotka, a source in the Chukotka Autonomous Region government told TASS.
"Four people died. The preliminary reason for the crash is a technical malfunction," the source said.
A source in the Ministry of Defense also said that...
The trustworthy ship from Star Wars was destroyed by the Empire forces in the end of the first season. Its copy, located in the Yrdel Park, became a major attraction for SW fans and tourists in general. However, it looks as though all the popularity and love it received...
Russia is concerned over Iran's decision to start enriching uranium at its Natanz plant with new advanced IR-4 centrifuges, and it calls both on Tehran and on Washington to exercise restraint, deputy foreign minister Sergey Ryabkov.
"We take it seriously, we are concerned. We have been calling and we keep...
At the beginning of this month, Russia's national development corporation VEB.RF, RT-Invest, and the Swiss-Japanese consortium Hitachi Zosen Inova signed an agreement to build four large-scale waste-to-energy plants. The creation of the plants will cut the amount of municipal waste sent to Moscow landfills by about a third. The...
The experts of Karelia’s Scientific Center’s Biology Institute, backed by the Russian president’s grant for young scientists, will study and research biochemical and other features of deep-sea fish and invertebrate species, living in the Atlantic Ocean’s north-eastern part (near Greenland). They will make a thorough analysis on how the...
Moscow did not make any commitments to US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Change John Kerry in terms of lowering emissions, since Russia is already doing a lot in this area, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.
"We have an environmental contribution margin. I repeat: we continue to...
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s request to fully prohibit the export of round timber starting in 2022 has split the timber industry into two camps, TASS reported citing Kommersant. If major corporations, which often face the lack of raw materials, consider the measure useful, those companies that don’t have processing...
The first sunrise of the year dawned upon residents of Murmansk in Russia's Arctic as the 40-day-long polar night finally came to an end — if only for a brief 45 minutes, The Moscow Times reported.
On Jan. 11, residents of Murmansk, the world's largest city above the Arctic Circle,...
