The head of a central Russian region has suspended all works at a limestone production site on a "sacred" natural landmark after violent clashes broke out between environmental activists and security personnel over the weekend, The Moscow Times reported.
Protests broke out at Kushtau hill in the republic of Bashkortostan...
A consultative draft of Russian green finance guidelines has been published, which includes controversial practices such as upgrades to thermal power plants, and coal to natural gas conversion, Environment Finance reported.
The guidelines have been developed by Russian state development corporation VEB.RF, which first outlined the proposals to Environmental Finance in April this...
Laboratories in the Siberian city of Omsk have discovered that the atmosphere is teeming with the poisonous, corrosive gas hydrogen sulfide. The air in the north-west of the city is more than 15 times over safe limits, RT informs.
The revelations are the latest in a long string of pollution...
Russian nickel and palladium producer Norilsk Nickel will impose ecological targets for its management team after the Arctic fuel spill, it said on Wednesday, Reuters reported.
Arctic environment security at Nornickel’s assets has been in the spotlight since 21,000 tonnes of fuel leaked from a tank at its power plant...
Russia’s bars have seen a lot of crazy things over the years — but attempted robbery by a kleptocratic kitten has to be high on the list, The Moscow Times reported.
The U.S.S.R. Beer Bar in the Siberian city of Anapa recently had to fend off a burglary attempt from...
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...
The mayor of the Russian Arctic city of Norilsk who was charged with negligence last month over a major fuel spill in the region resigned on Monday, the RIA news agency reported.
State investigators opened a criminal case against Norilsk’s mayor, Rinat Akhmetchin, after 21,000 tonnes of diesel leaked from...
Wildfires in Russia have burned across an area larger than the size of Greece so far in 2020, Greenpeace Russia said Monday as it criticized the authorities of inaction, The Moscow Times reported.
Using satellite data, Greenpeace Russia estimated that 19 million hectares (47 million acres) burned across Russia's forests,...
Russian aluminium giant Rusal said on Tuesday it had requested Norilsk Nickel’s board of directors make management changes, relocate its headquarters to Norilsk in Russia’s Arctic and overhaul its environmental and safety policies, Reuters reported.
Rusal said it was seriously concerned by a series of ecological accidents in Norilsk and...
Russian metals giant Norilsk Nickel said around 45 tons of aviation fuel has spilled from its pipeline in the Arctic, Radio Free Europe reported.
The incident is the latest in a series of environmental disasters to hit around the Far Northern city of Norilsk, which is located above the Arctic...
