Actor is being awarded the Siberian Oscar (if he arrives to collect it) - but is also now wanted as a tourism guru after 'blunder' on Urals pollution.
The startling sight of the blood red Daldykan River is nothing new, starting from the 1990s.
Or is it too expensive to put the environment before the need for energy?
The Russian government has ordered the evacuation of North Pole-40 Arctic Station.
Russian ecologist says his undercover trip shows Arctic ecosystem is irreversibly damaged, as whistleblower in ecological watchdog quits and leaves town.
Adventurers from Irkutsk's A1team spruce up the giant lake's shoreline, before showcasing its stunning scenery - and ancient rock paintings.
Almost 3 million hectares on fire, including Arctic, with fumes having hit area larger than European Union.
'Scary' scenes as fumes from burning forests cover Lake Baikal, with people - and bears - fleeing 'Apocalypse'.
Reindeer herders find more craters in the far north in a deepening puzzle for scientists.
Economic crisis to blame for delay in plan to breathe new environmentally-friendly life into former Lake Baikal polluter.