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

A court in Irkutsk has sentenced programmer Vadim Nekrashchuk to 13 years in a high-security penal colony on treason charges, ...

The IJ is reprinting some of the late Beth Ashley’s columns. This is from 2014. We took our drinks outside by the pool.

According to local seismologists, its magnitude was 7.9 IRKUTSK, October 14. /TASS/. An earthquake near Lake Baikal was felt in Irkutsk, an eastern Siberian city with a population of over 600,000 on ...

The Russian government will help reduce the debt on budget loans in 16 regions of the country. This was announced on April 16 ...

China has notified the Russian side of its readiness to extend the visa-free regime for Russians for one year, the Russian ...

The total cost of the Lake Baikal shore protection project in the Slyudyansky municipal district of the city of Baikalsk will amount to about 1 billion rubles, of which it is planned to allocate about ...

THE origin of the Manchus—the race to which the reigning dynasty in China belongs—is discussed by a writer in the North China Herald, of Shanghai. He says that the Tungus people are scattered about in ...

The ArchBukhta Festival remains one of the few events in Russia where participants go through the entire process of creating ...

Lakes help us understand how Earth has changed over time. Lakes are some of the most interesting natural features on our planet. They shape the land around them, affect local weather and provide homes ...

Rostec and Rosaviation have agreed on the construction site of a new airport in Irkutsk. This is stated in the company's message. Initially, several site options were considered. During the ...