Most fires will not be extinguished, with major cities polluted by fumes.
New government list of prohibited activities paves the way for new 'environmentally-safe' small businesses near the lake.
Officials insist there is no problem but this is not how locals see it in Cheremkhovo town.
But is climate change to blame, or local officials who went on vacation instead of fighting fires?
Drivers and passengers escaped their sinking lorries but oil is leaking into the world’s 11th longest river, prompting a local state of emergency.
In separate case, members of a 'bird mafia' illegally snaring and exporting Red Book hawks and falcons to Middle East were detained in Buryatia.
Some regions parched, others underwater in latest meteorological surprises.
An investigation is underway in Tyva region over thousands of people being left without heating in temperatures of minus 40C.
Greenpeace claims up to 300 times more territory in Siberia is ablaze than officially acknowledged.
A quarter of all Russian forests, 89% of stocks in Sakha Republic, could be left to burn, even though they are essential to fight global warming.