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...
On Thursday, Arctic countries vowed to combat global warming, which is three times higher in the Far North, and to keep the area peaceful as its strategic value grows, The Moscow Times reports.
As foreign ministers from countries bordering the Arctic met in Reykjavik, Iceland, they discussed accelerated global warming,...
Nature of the Arctic zone is extremely vulnerable, so any economic activity in the northern areas should be so organized that environmental risks are minimized there, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with volunteers held as a video conference on Saturday, TASS writes.
A participant in the video...
Russia on Wednesday opened a criminal investigation to establish the cause of unexplained toxic pollution off its far eastern coast that has killed sea creatures and led to their carcasses being washed ashore, Reuters reported.
Greenpeace warned last week of an ecological disaster in waters off the Kamchatka region, a...
According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the international community's efforts should be concentrated on environmental initiatives, RIA reports.
"It is critical that the international community focus its efforts solely on supporting the most effective environmental initiatives," he said via videoconference at a G20 summit meeting.
Putin stated that specialists may grade...
German conglomerate ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions is supplying a new coal handling system to the State Transport Leasing Company (STLC) in Russia, Mining Magazine reports.
The system will be the centerpiece of a new terminal for coal exports in the Port of Lavna near Murmansk, on the western shore of Kola...
The freezing cold wastelands of Siberia are transforming into habitable regions with milder temperatures as the climate changes brought on by rising temperatures kick in, a new research shows, according to Science Daily.
Siberia and the wider Asian Russia region accounts for 77 percent of Russia's land area but...
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...
Three people were killed Friday in a gas explosion at a mine in the Russian region of Siberia, prosecutors said, The Moscow Times reports.
"During operations, there was a sudden release of gas, which resulted in three people being buried under rubble," the Kemerovo region prosecutor's office said.
They said in...
A Russian court has suspended the construction of a drinking water bottling plant at Lake Baikal in the Irkutsk Region until violations revealed during checks are remedied, Sibnet.ru reports.
The court has therefore granted a lawsuit filed by the West Baikal trans-regional environmental prosecutor's office against Akvasib, the company investing...
