The tundra-taiga zone is considered not only as a natural ecotone, but as a unique fringe zone with socioeconomic peculiarities. This holistic approach enables us to analyze several significant types ...

Bone-chilling winter temperatures. Sub-Arctic taiga forests as far as the eye can see. Blinding clouds of mosquitos. Vast deposits of diamonds, gold, and other minerals. Add to the list of qualities ...

In Russia's Urals region, towns that once churned out industrial chemicals and coal are now largely abandoned. Verkhnyaya Gubakha was once a thriving city of more than 30,000, but the population has ...

Explore Russia’s vast natural regions with 4K aerial footage capturing taiga forests, tundra plains, mountain ranges, and frozen rivers. Filmed without narration or text, this video offers a calm and ...

VERKHNECHONSK, Russia (Reuters) - Oil was discovered in 1978 deep under the forest floor in this corner of Eastern Siberia, but the challenges of drilling here were created hundreds of millions of ...

U.S. President Joe Biden responded to the death of dissident Aleksei Navalny with new sanctions that target hundreds of Russian entities and individuals, but these could go further in key areas that ...

KHABAROVSK, July 10 (Itar-Tass) —— A total of 20 out of 68 wildfires have been extinguished in Russia’s Far Eastern regions over the past 24 hours, a spokesman for the Far Eastern federal district ...