YAKUTSK, Russia, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Smoke from fires raging across Russia's vast forest wilderness has engulfed the far eastern city of Yakutsk, forcing citizens to close doors and windows despite ...

YAKUTSK, Russia, July 18 (Reuters) - Russia's state forest agency said it was fighting 222 separate blazes across 20 regions on Thursday as an unusually hot summer fuels forest fires, after ...

Yakutsk, the capital city of Russia’s Sakha Republic in eastern ... in July 2022 when haze from nearby wildfires tore through forests, blanketing the region in thick smoke.

Since the beginning of this year, more than 1.4 million hectares of land have been affected by wildfires in Russia.

1 Vendor Nyurgusun Starostina, 47, poses for a picture at an open-air market on a frosty day in Yakutsk, Russia. Temperatures ... calling for their return, in a forest near Modiin.

The mammoth, which has been nicknamed "Yana," was dissected at the North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk, Russia, on March 27. The baby mammoth had been preserved in permafrost until she was ...