Medvedev establishes environmental buffer zone around Wrangel Island
On December 27, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree creating a new buffer zone around Wrangel Island in…
Putin shutters Russian indigenous peoples’ organization
In Russia, indigenous peoples have encountered a major setback. The Ministry of Justice has ordered the Russian Association of Indigenous…
Russia launches its 40th-ever drifting ice station
Russia has just launched a drifting ice station in the Arctic with 16 people on board. The researchers will be…