The country's Permanent Representative to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov, addressed a meeting of the Eurasian Economic Forum held in Italy this week that Russia is ready to create a discussion with the European Union on the carbon price, with preliminary contacts already occurred, TASS reports.
"When the European Commission provides a conversation,...
The Mikhail Somov icebreaker on Sunday night left Arkhangelsk for an expedition across Arctic seas towards Chukotka, press service of the Northern Department for hydro-meteorology and environment monitoring told TASS.
"The Mikhail Somov has departed heading for the Far East, to Chukotka, on Sunday night," the press service said. The...
A fishery and aquaculture development center in Ethiopia will be opened with the help of Russian experts, RIA Novosti reported. An ongiong program, supervised by UN specialists, is aimed at reducing poverty and unemployment in the African country. The project will make it possible to create at least 600...
Damage from crimes connected to the natural environment in Russia for 2018 amounted to 12 billion rubles ($186 million), with the bulk of the illegal activities falling on the country’s logging industry, a Russian official has said, according to Interfax.
Yevgeny Miroshnik, from the department of management of methodological and...
A shocking new study has found that polar bears could be made extinct by the end of the century unless decisive steps are taken to combat climate change. But a Russian zoologist believes it could happen before 2040, Russia Today writes.
In an interview with news agency NCN, Russian TV...
Wild boars have been spotted in some Moscow parks, the official website of the capital’s mayor reported Sunday, as cited by The Moscow Times.
While the advisory note said the beasts would not attack a person for no reason they warned that the animals are dangerous and capable of causing...
Russia is discussing the transition to green technologies at different international forums, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin said on Friday in an online interview with TASS First Deputy Director-General Mikhail Gusman.
"Activities we are currently implementing in terms of emissions are a pressing topic," Vershinin said.
"You can figure out...
A Russian court fined mining giant Nornickel 146 billion rubles ($2 billion) Friday for its role in the worst oil spill in the country’s modern history, The Moscow Times reports.
Some 21,000 tons of diesel fuel poured into the ground and waterways surrounding Nornickel’s base — the city of Norilsk...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has welcomed the initiative to broaden the practice of ‘green corridors’ to promote the movement of goods in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) amid the coronavirus pandemic, RIA Novosti reports.
"For import to the EAEU territory of socially important goods, food, drugs, medical equipment and individual protective gear...
The small town of Verkhoyansk, home to 1,000 people in Russia's Yakutia region, broke the record on Saturday for the highest temperature ever recorded within the Arctic Circle, hitting a maximum of 38 degrees Celsius, Russia Today reported.
Verkhoyansk already held the record for the place with the greatest temperature...
