Lake Baikal
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 "Pear...
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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Naryshkin, who is
responsible for the project to build the East Siberia-Pacific oil
pipeline, is to call a meeting next week to deal with the
postponemen...
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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 adm...
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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.
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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...
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Moscow (dpa) - A state of emergency was declared Friday in the
Russian town of Pskov after six deaths and more than 150
hospitalizations due to bad alcohol over the past mon...
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Moscow (dpa) - BP's Russian joint venture on Friday sold its
control over one of the country's biggest gas fields to Russia's
natural gas monopoly, Gazprom, for 700 million ...
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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...
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Moscow (dpa) - BP's Russian joint venture on Friday sold its
control over one of the country's biggest gas fields to Russia's
natural gas monopoly, Gazprom, for 700 million ...
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The Grand Canyon, Mount Fuji and the Amazon rainforest are likely contenders in a global poll of millions of people to select the seven natural wonders of the world, organizers say.Around 300 sugge...
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Moscow (dpa) - Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and
former US presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush were among 5,000
special guests in attendance Wednesday aftern...
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Lake Baikal
Russia to discuss delay in Pacific pipeline project: report
