The Usolyekhimprom facility, disused due to bankruptcy in 2017, is a ‘toxic catastrophe waiting to happen’.
One worker seriously injured and panic among nearby residents in secretive community, but public being reassured about incident.
Four times weekly service from Moscow-Chita-Moscow started on 27 October.
Locals warned not to use water for baths as authorities urgently check for radioactive or toxic substances.
Instagrammers still find a way - driving over fields of grass, wild cannabis and nettles to reach turquoise waters despite ‘dangers to health’.
Spectacular whiteout scenes of winter life in the Arctic city of Norilsk.
A life in the day of one of Siberia's industrial giants.
Environmental experts say levels of contamination were 193 times normal.
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