According to the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, there is a risk of hot flows blocking the highway. "On the night of April 11 ...

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Forest fires have swept several of Russia’s Siberian and Far East regions over the past week ... fires crept near the region’s segment of the Baikal Highway, one of the country’s key ...

GORKI, April 17. /TASS/. Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday tourists and businessmen from 18 nations can visit the Russian Far East without visas. "I have recently approved ...

A major coal processing plant in far northeastern Russia halted work after a fire injured four people, the plant's owner, Russian miner Mechel , said on Wednesday.