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Climate change made Siberian heatwave 600 times more likely – study
The record-breaking heatwave in the Siberian Arctic was made at least 600 times more likely by human-caused climate change, according to a study. Between January…
Putin strongly backed in controversial Russian reform vote
Nearly 78% of Russian voters backed constitutional reforms that could keep President Vladimir Putin in power until 2036, election officials say. With all the ballots…
Russians set to back reforms allowing Putin to extend rule
Russians are set to approve constitutional reforms on Wednesday denounced by critics as a manoeuvre to allow President Vladimir Putin to stay in the Kremlin…
Russia denies its nuclear plants are source of radiation leak
The Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant is operating normally, Russian officials said Russia has said a leak of nuclear material detected over Scandinavia did not come…
Russians cast early votes in ballot to extend Putin’s rule
Russians go to the polls Thursday to cast early votes in a nationwide ballot on constitutional reforms that could see President Vladimir Putin remain in…
Russia says has removed fuel from river hit by Arctic spill
Russia has finished clearing fuel from the surface of a river hit by a massive diesel spill in the Arctic region, but the full clean-up…
Russia says ’years’ needed to clean up Arctic spill
Russian investigators on Wednesday detained three staff of a power plant over a huge fuel spill in the Arctic, as response teams warned a full…
EU says China, Russia behind coronavirus ’disinformation campaigns’
In an unusually blunt statement, the EU said China and Russia were engaged in ”targeted” campaigns to spread health hoaxes and false information about the…
Fuel from Russian Arctic spill reaches large lake, says governor
Diesel fuel from a major spill in Russia’s Arctic has reached a pristine lake which is the basin for a river flowing into the Arctic…
Why are German neo-Nazis training in Russia?
German right-wing extremists are receiving paramilitary training in St. Petersburg, Russia, according to new report from news magazine Focus. Who is running the training, and…
Russia struggles to clean up Arctic river fuel spill
Russia on Thursday intensified efforts to clean up a major fuel spill that environmentalists say is the worst such accident in the Arctic, as investigators…
Putin backs state of emergency in Arctic region over fuel spill in river
Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a state of emergency in the Arctic city of Norilsk on Wednesday after a huge leak of fuel into a…
Canada’s Trudeau rejects inviting Russia to G7 summit
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday rejected Russia’s participation in a coming summit of the G7 nations, despite host US President Donald Trump wanting…
Russian economy to shrink 9.5% in Q2 in virus standstill: minister
Russia’s economy is forecast to shrink by 9.5 percent in the second quarter of 2020 compared to the same period last year, while yearly GDP…
Siberia experiences hottest spring on record, fueling wildfires
A few hundred miles south of the Arctic Circle, the small town of Boguchany in Siberia, Russia, had its hottest April on record. On April…
Russia gas transit via Ukraine slumps to near 30-year low
Russian gas transit shipments to Europe via Ukraine declined 47% in January-April, its lowest in nearly 30 years, as Russia redirected volumes through the new…
Russia lists Caspian seals and orcas as endangered species after ‘whale jail’ controversy
While the world’s been focused on COVID-19, a piece of good news came out of Russia last month, although it went relatively unnoticed: Russia listed…
China Industrial Waste Pollutes Major River on Border With Russia
An accident at a Chinese mineral ore processing plant in northeastern China recently released large quantities of industrial waste into a tributary leading toward a…
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