The Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill is to be shut down in a victory for environmental campaigners.
Some 800 workers face 'abyss' of poverty after being made redundant this week from the Baikalsk Pulp and Paper Mill.
This Russian treasure has 1,500 species of flora and fauna not found anywhere else on the planet.
Group long warning of pollution threats to famous lake is branded by new law.
Economic crisis to blame for delay in plan to breathe new environmentally-friendly life into former Lake Baikal polluter.
The famously clear waters of Baikal - the world's deepest and oldest lake - are under threat from tourists, says leading scientist Maxim Timofeyev.
Plans for modern Nature Theme Park and Acqua-park on site of old pulp and paper mill that spewed pollution into lake.
Government announces $1.8 bln package, while volunteers from all over the wolrd collect more than 450 tonnes of trash from the shoreline of the unique lake.
Almost 3 million hectares on fire, including Arctic, with fumes having hit area larger than European Union.
Historic cities of Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk ideal to connect country to buoyant Asian markets.