The Great Lakes are a prominent feature of the North American landscape, but Russia holds the distinction of having the "World's Great Lake." Called the "Pearl of Siberia" or the "Sacred Sea" by...

Lake Baikal (Russian: о́зеро Байка́л, pronounced [ˈozʲɪrə bʌjˈkɑl], Buryad: Байгал нуур) is in Southern Siberia in Russia, located between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast, near the...

Attackers dressed in dark clothes and wielding metal pipes raided a camp of environmental protesters in Siberia early Saturday, leaving one dead and several injured, a spokeswoman for the local administration said.Eight demonstrators were hospitalized after the attack, one of whom later died from his...

A top travel magazine has honored the work of a Siberian biologist, Marina Rikhvanova, who opposed construction of an oil pipeline near Lake Baikal, the world's largest body of fresh water. Conde Nast Traveler magazine feted Rikhvanova Oct. 16 at...

It was one of Russia's traditional days for taking a dip and swimmers were complaining _ because it was too warm outside. Countless Russians every year mark the Orthodox Epiphany religious feast by plunging into water through holes in the ice and shivering vigorously in...

BP PLC said Friday it has agreed to sell its stake in a giant Siberian gas field project to state-controlled gas monopoly OAO Gazprom _ a widely expected move that comes as the Kremlin tightens its hold on the world's biggest oil and gas industry.The...