Europe Russia Wildfires in Siberia covered more than 13.4 million hectares, 78% of which are in Yakutia, a vast northwestern area where dozens of houses are damaged or evacuated. The smoke has reached the North Pole for the first time in recorded history
Europe Russia Although the country had been banned from the Tokyo 2020 Games by unanimous decision of the World Anti-Doping Agency, their athletes have been entered by and representing the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) for a country name and winning 70 medals
Europe Russia The art-residences, hosting artists as form the promotion and development of the Russian Arctic, to be opened in the Izhemskiy and Ust-Tsilemskiy districts of the Komi Republic
Europe Russia A meter-long mammoth tusk and about 4 thousand artefacts of the Paleolithic era were discovered at the “Afontova Gora-IV” early man site in Krasnoyarsk
Europe Russia Schools will start teaching financial literacy in primary and secondary classes from 2022
Europe Russia The Russian traveler Fyodor Konyukhov will study the presence of microplastics in the Arctic Ocean during his expedition along the North Pole in July
Europe Russia The traditional holiday of Russian graduates "Scarlet Sails" - the winner of Global Eventex Award 2020 - takes place today in St. Petersburg
Europe Russia The first Russian travel forum was held in Moscow from 11 until today at the VDNKh - a permanent trade fair-exhibition in Moscow
Europe Russia A test system for the simultaneous detection of four autosomal recessive diseases has been developed by order of the Ministry of Health
Europe Russia The XXV All-Russian congress of library development program has started in Petrozavodsk
Europe Russia Around 1,5 million believers are expected to visit orthodox churches in Moscow today, as Easter is the most popular religious holiday in the country
Europe Russia Two men risked their own lives to save two astray dogs who had fallen through ice in Petrozavodsk