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

Instagrammers still find a way - driving over fields of grass, wild cannabis and nettles to reach turquoise waters despite ‘dangers to health’.

A favourite for glamorous pictures by Instragram fans yet visitors are warned to take extreme care.

Company’s bulldozer was in such rush to dismantle pipes after being filmed by ecologists that it crashed a police car.

Almost 3 million hectares on fire, including Arctic, with fumes having hit area larger than European Union.

Russian ecologist says his undercover trip shows Arctic ecosystem is irreversibly damaged, as whistleblower in ecological watchdog quits and leaves town.

World's coldest region defies its stereotype. 

He is believed to be 20, born in the wild, never went to school, received no vaccinations, and was cut off from civilisation.

Contradictory reports on cause of death as Colin Madsen's remains found in snow in mountainous region of Republic of Buryatia.