Nornickel Claims Cost of Arctic Fuel Spill Much Lower than Estimated
Russia’s Norilsk Nickel estimates the environmental cost of a huge fuel spill in the Arctic in May is 21.4 billion...
Environment
Investigative Committee Launches Probe into Far East Seawater Pollution
Russian investigators have begun a probe into potential seawater pollution in Kamchatka after reports that a large number of sea...
Environmentalists Concerned over Possible ‘Ecological Disaster’ in Kamchatka
Fears are mounting over an environmental disaster in Russia’s Far East after locals reported finding dozens of dead sea animals...
Vladimir Putin Bans Round Timber Export
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s request to fully prohibit the export of round timber starting in 2022 has split the timber...
Russia Discusses Transition to Green Economy at International Forums
Russia is discussing the transition to green technologies at different international forums, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin said on Friday...
6.2 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Kamchatka
The peninsula is located in a seismically active zone of the Pacific, known as the Ring of Fire and regularly...