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.
The famously clear waters of Baikal - the world's deepest and oldest lake - are under threat from tourists, says leading scientist Maxim Timofeyev.
Economic crisis to blame for delay in plan to breathe new environmentally-friendly life into former Lake Baikal polluter.
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.