Siberia

World

DISASTER

Putin enters Russian wildfire battle as blazes continue to rage

The Nomad Today/dpa 8/10/21

In Yakutia alone, more than 6 million hectares of forest and meadows have already been consumed by the flames, wrote The Siberian Times news site

World

SIBERIA

Over 100 Russian villages engulfed by smoke as forest fires spread

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/23/21

Environmental activists believe that 3 million hectares are affected

World

RUSSIA

Russian doctor who treated Navalny after poisoning no longer missing

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/11/21

Alexander Murakhovsky, health minister of the Siberian region of Omsk, exited the woods near the city of Omsk under his own power.

World

IN SIBERIA

Russian doctor who treated Navalny after poisoning reported missing

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/10/21

Navalny accused him of falsifying the diagnosis, and his supporters accuse Murakhovsky of delaying Navalny's transfer to Germany at a critical time.

Coronavirus

MUTATION

New coronavirus strain appears to be forming in Siberia

The Nomad Today 11/17/20

"We are seeing certain changes in the protein," said Anna Popova, head of the federal health and consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor.

World

GLOBAL WARMING

Diseases long thought extinct are re-emerging as permafrost melts

The Nomad Today 6/21/20

Siberia was recorded as being up to 10 times hotter than the average recorded between 1981 and 2010, while Alaska and Antarctica were also significantly warmer than average.

World

60% ARE MAN-MADE

More than 6,000 forest fires burning in Russia

The Nomad Today 6/20/20

In recent weeks, fires consumed more than 9,000 square kilometres of woodland.