Local authorities in Russia‘s Irkutsk region have adopted new Rules for the organization of tourism and recreation in the central ecological zone of the Baikal natural territory, which will limit ...

A chill seeped in briefly. My mind felt foggy and hazy all afternoon. Even as I walked, the numbness in my right toes ...

The official opening of the ice crossing to the popular tourist destination of Lake Baikal – Olkhon Island – took place in the Irkutsk region. This is the longest ice crossing in the region, its ...

The expenses of the Irkutsk hydroelectric power plant increased to 3,300±50 cubic meters/s. The corresponding decision, based on the inflow forecast, was made at an extraordinary meeting of the ...

At least eight people, including one child, are dead after a tourist bus fell through the ice at Lake Baikal. On Friday, Feb. 20, a tourist bus carrying a driver and at least seven Chinese tourists ...

A group of Chinese tourists drowned in eastern Siberia’s Lake Baikal on Friday after their van fell through an ice crevasse, marking the second deadly incident at the popular tourist destination this ...

IRKUTSK, Russia -- Environmentalists in Russia's Far East have been celebrating a small victory in a long war to protect one of the world's great natural treasures, Lake Baikal. On September 27, the ...

IRKUTSK, Russia -- Environmentalists in the southeastern Russian city of Irkutsk plan to hold a demonstration on November 6 to support efforts to preserve the Khimki Forest near Moscow, the Utrish ...

Suzuku Studies Supernova Crime Scene Shows Single White Dwarf to Blame The city of Irkutsk (centre left) and part of Lake Baikal (right) are pictured in this Sentinel-1A image over Russia’s Siberia ...