Four people were caught in an ice glacier collapse in Kamchatka, one was killed, three were wounded, press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry told TASS.
"According to operational data, four people from the tourist group were under the collapse: three of them were injured, one was killed," the press...
Russia’s Transport Ministry is considering a proposal by the State Duma’s Committee on Economic Policy, Industry, Innovation and Entrepreneurship to restrict the operation of transport vehicles that have hit their service life limit, TASS reported on Wednesday citing a ministry official.
"Proposals have been received, they are under consideration," the...
U.S. fast-food giant McDonald’s said on Thursday it had canceled a celebration of a 30-year milestone at its first restaurant in Moscow due to fear of the spread of the coronavirus, Reuters reported.
The fast-food chain planned to celebrate the arrival of the Big Mac in Russia 30 years ago...
Norilsk Nickel will restore the fish population and will open a fish farm in northern Krasnoyarsk Region following the fuel spill at Norilsk’s thermal power plant in May, the company wrote on its Telegram channel, TASS informs.
"Nornickel will support fishing companies in the accident’s area: the money will be...
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...
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.
All three...
Russia’s Norilsk Nickel said on Tuesday it expects it will be another week before it has an idea of when it can restart two waterlogged mines in Siberia, Reuters reports.
Nornickel, the world’s largest palladium producer and a leading nickel producer, partly suspended operations at the Oktyabrsky and Taimyrsky mines...
A fire that broke out on Thursday at a weapons testing range in northern Russia killed two people, briefly raised radiation levels and prompted the authorities to prohibit shipping and sailing in parts of the White Sea for a month, according to officials and news media reports, The New...
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...
According to a Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology study published by the business newspaper Kommersant, eleven endangered species are now “likely extinct” in Russia.
According to the evaluation, these species include the European sea sturgeon, crested ibis, western capercaillie, Jankowski's Bunting, monk seal, onager, and Przewalski's horse.
While overhunting and...