Instagrammers still find a way - driving over fields of grass, wild cannabis and nettles to reach turquoise waters despite ‘dangers to health’.
Found in Kamchatka's Valley of the Geysers, it promises a scientific breakthrough, say experts.
Can the world's oldest and deepest lake finally realise its potential as a world class venue?
Is increased tourism, or a normal natural cycle, to blame for the rapid growth of spirogyra to 50% of the coastline?
Greenpeace claim authorities underestimate the scale of destruction, amid warnings of lack of resources to fight fires.
Reindeer herders find more craters in the far north in a deepening puzzle for scientists.
More than a dozen animals killed by self-appointed executioner and dumped by a river near lakeside town.
Economic crisis to blame for delay in plan to breathe new environmentally-friendly life into former Lake Baikal polluter.
Greenpeace concern as firefighters say they cannot extinguish 3 year blaze with smoke visible from space.