Russia’s Arkhangelsk Region will use Norwegian extraction technology in kelp and other algae production, the executive director of the region’s Algae Plant Alexei Korotenkov told state-run news agency TASS on Friday.
"We now collect algae, like it was done centuries ago, by mowing, while the Norwegians use special equipment," Korotenkov said. "We,...
A gas explosion at a factory in Russia on Friday killed six people and injured two more, emergency officials said, according to RIA Novosti.
The explosion occurred in Russia's central Oryol region, causing an engineering production facility under construction to collapse. It wasn't immediately clear what prompted the explosion.
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Russia’s Investigative Committee said on Thursday it was investigating the head of the remote Arctic city of Norilsk for suspected criminal negligence over his handling of a major oil spill in the region, Reuters reported.
In a statement, investigators said the official, Rinat Akhmetchin, had failed to take appropriate measures...
Norilsk Nickel has not yet submitted a plan to restore the environment at the oil spill site in Norilsk, head of the environment watchdog Rosprirodnadzor, Svetlana Radionova said on Friday. She hopes that the company will not delay compensation for damage, otherwise her department is ready for litigation, TASS...
Corporate polluters could see their ability to pay shareholders targeted if they are found responsible for damage to the environment, under new plans proposed by the Russian government amid a spate of ecological catastrophes, RT reported.
On Wednesday, Moscow paper RBK published the leaked order, which was handed to...
A new heat record was set in Moscow on June 27, said Roman Vilfand, scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center, who noted that the air temperature exceeded +32 degrees by 11:00 a.m. already.
According to Vilfand, the previous record of 32 degrees was set in 2013. In the future, experts...
The Ministry of Natural Resources proposes to calculate the environmental fee according to a new formula: multiply the base rate by the increasing coefficient of the environmental friendliness of the product, Izvestia reported.
For example, for some types of electronics, its maximum value will be five. The Ministry of Natural...
A senior aide to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has said that the country’s authorities are considering barring tourists from visiting Lake Baikal in order to protect its ecosystem, The Telegraph reported.
The world’s deepest and oldest freshwater lake is plagued by pollution for at least two decades. Scientists recently warned...
Russia’s biggest restaurant group is counting on the country’s meat-loving population to embrace Meatless Mondays, a global health initiative encouraging people around the world to go meatless one day a week, The Moscow Times reports.
Rosinter launched their Meatless Mondays initiative in restaurants in six major cities mid-October. It encourages...
The new Russian climate policy calls for an only 3% reduction in greenhouse gasses emissions until 2050, a goal far more modest than in other countries, RBC writes.
Russia is currently the fourth-largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world, but its climate policy is changing in unprecedented ways. In September...
