A Russian MiG-31 fighter jet caught on fire and crashed into a lake while conducting a training flight in the country’s northern Murmansk region on Wednesday.

How 'Swan Lake' became a symbol of protest in Russia "It's almost impossible now in Russia to protest in direct forms." By Vika Aronson, Brad Mielke, and Meredith Deliso. April 29, 2022, 5:17 PM.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that authorities will shut down a paper mill on the shores of Lake Baikal, which environmentalists say is a major pollutant threatening one ...

During Russia’s winter months, cars can safely drive on it for hours. Elena Anosova for The Washington Post Weekend visitors on the famously clear ice of Russia's Lake Baikal on March 8.

A former U.S. general has warned against complacency that Sweden's membership of NATO had stifled the threat posed by Russia to the West.. On Monday, Hungary's parliament ratified Sweden's ...

It's being called the most polluted spot on the planet. While Russia's Lake Karachay might look pretty in a painting that's as close as you ever want to get to it. In 1990, the US organization ...

Russian ecologists have condemned a plan by authorities to allow a higher amount of toxic waste material to be dumped into Lake Baikal, which is already facing an environmental crisis.

Who: Kirstin Bebell of Westminster (recently living in Russia) and Shannon Dolan of Parker Where: Lake Baikal, Siberia Best meal: If you can get a home-cooked meal, you will understand why so few ...