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The startling sight of the blood red Daldykan River is nothing new, starting from the 1990s.

Shocking pictures reveal colour of Daldykan River with locals claiming the waste from a nickel plant is to blame.

This vast region has some of the world's greatest rivers, but they could do much more to support the economic regeneration and security of the country.

Vessel Stepan Arzhakov ran aground in Lena River after being washed ashore due to strong early morning crosswinds.

Demands increased on 3 August for a 'state of emergency' to be declared on the world's fifth longest river due to a catastrophic shortage of water.

Overlooking mighty Ob’ River, The River Park is a renovated 3* hotel, now offering five different categories of accommodation in its 310 rooms: apartments, studio, standard, economy twin and economy. 

Free wifi throughout, gym, sauna and swimming pool, beauty saloon, as well as a promise of ‘the best breakfasts in the city’. 

The 'Il Faro' restaurant offers ‘a blend of European entrees and Siberian largesse’. The lobby bar, with comfortable sofas, never closes, there is also a summer terrace. 

Workers in northern Siberia have their own inventive way to cross a fast-flowing river.

Environmental experts say levels of contamination were 193 times normal.

Inspectors fear a ‘gross misuse of bio-waste’ from a bankrupt poultry farm in Primorsky region.

Locals warned not to use water for baths as authorities urgently check for radioactive or toxic substances.