Economic crisis to blame for delay in plan to breathe new environmentally-friendly life into former Lake Baikal polluter.

Six infernos ravaging the region's nature have been extinguished in the past 24 hours, it is reported.

Shocking puce water as nearby nickel processing plant says cause is decades of contamination in Soviet times which company is working to overcome.

Officials deny any risk of atomic contamination from the site in Sakha Republic.

‘Taiga burning’ - as scared bears are driven out of their natural habitat towards settlements where they are shot as danger to people.

More than a dozen animals killed by self-appointed executioner and dumped by a river near lakeside town.

Huge damage wrought by forest fires is sparked by failure to apply safety laws, complained Yuri Chaika.

A renaissance of one of Siberia's first outposts as the Far North becomes the new economic frontier.

The Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill is to be shut down in a victory for environmental campaigners.