MOSCOW—Russian authorities started to evacuate two villages in a vast region of Siberia where 155 active forest fires burned Sunday. A dozen villages in northeastern Siberia’s Sakha-Yakutia republic were threatened by the fires, according to the regional task force dealing with the emergency. Local authorities were moving the residents of two villages, Kalvitsa and Kharyyalakh,…
Engine Failure Forced Russian Plane to Make Hard Landing, Investigators Say
MOSCOW—Russian investigators said on Saturday engine failure had caused a small passenger plane to make a forced landing in Siberia a day earlier, flipping the aircraft upside down but causing no serious injuries among the 18 people on board. Fears had swirled over the fate of the Russian Antonov An-28 plane after it went missing…
Russia: Airplane Carrying 17 People Missing in Siberia
MOSCOW—A Russian passenger plane with 17 people on board went missing Friday during a flight in Siberia. The regional branch of the Russian Emergencies Ministry said the AN–28 plane disappeared in the Tomsk region in western Siberia. The emergencies office said the plan carried 14 passengers, including four children, and three crew members. A search…
Small Plane Makes Forced Landing in Russia: All Aboard Safe
MOSCOW—A small Russian passenger plane on Friday made an emergency landing in Siberia after an engine failure, emergency officials said. All of its 19 passengers and crew survived. Soon after the An-28 plane disappeared in the Tomsk region in western Siberia, rescue helicopters spotted it lying in a field on its belly. Emergency officials said…
Planes Dump Water on Siberian Wildfires as Residents Plead for Help
Russia’s army sent firefighting planes on Tuesday to battle huge wildfires that have blanketed Siberian towns in thick smoke as residents complain of being suffocated in a region known for its frozen tundra that is now sweltering under a heatwave. With flames tearing across some 800,000 hectares (1.98 million acres) of Russian forest, the hardest-hit…
Four Killed, Four Badly Injured in Plane Crash in Siberia
MOSCOW—Four people were killed and four badly injured on Saturday when a small plane crashed in Russia’s Kemerovo region in southwestern Siberia, the local emergency medical service said. TASS news agency earlier said at least seven people were killed when the twin-engine L-410 crashed near the Tanay aerodrome, which provides parachuting services. It also cited…
VIDEO: Arctic Miners Feed Hungry Orphaned Polar Bear Cub, and She Becomes Like Friendly Family Dog
Considered one of the most dangerous animals in the wild, polar bears are typically an animal to be feared, and best seen from afar. But there are exceptions to every rule. Found alone on the island of Bolshevik, in the remote Severnaya Zemlya archipelago, a female polar bear cub became very friendly with a team of gold…
Photographer Treks Over 40,000 Miles Across Siberia Capturing Faces of Vanishing Ancient Cultures
Russian photographer Alexander Khimushin has garnered global attention for his inspired photography while documenting peoples of different cultures around the world. His interest in the indigenous peoples of Siberia, in particular, has for years kept him exploring that extreme, unforgiving region. His stated mission has been to capture the faces of those last vestiges of ancient…
Russia: 7 Die in Fire at Nursing Home in Western Siberia
MOSCOW—A fire at a nursing home in Siberia killed seven people in Siberia on Saturday, Russian authorities said. The fire took place at a private home for the elderly in the Tyumen region of western Siberia. The fire also injured a resident, according to the Investigative Committee, the nation’s top criminal investigation agency. Police detained…
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