Tag: Siberia
A new Siberia from the peaks? A member of the Russian Duma wants to build a prison for terrorists in the middle of polar bears | Lapland
In Russia, the establishment of a closely guarded terrorist prison in the Arctic region is being considered. According to research professor Timo Koivurova, the intention should be treated with caution.…
The trial in Siberia for the espionage case of a US journalist | News in brief
Prosecutors in Russia say they have found enough evidence that the American journalist Evan Gershkovich is guilty of espionage in Russia. Prosecutors in Russia say they have found enough evidence…
The presidential election in Russia: Discontent simmers in Siberia
The news agency Reuters shares with Russian election officials on their way to remote parts of the sub-republic of Sakha, or Yakutia, in eastern Siberia. It is the largest sub-republic…
Will Sweden become a new Siberia?
▸ Sweden’s winters can be like those in northern Siberia with temperatures that are 20 degrees colder than those we are used to. Scientists have found early warning signs and…
Top crowds at skating rinks, ice club Siberia in Utrecht also opens its doors today
The skating fever is approaching its climax. Ice skating club Siberia in the Utrecht district of Overvecht opens the doors of the natural ice rink today. De Greb in Veenendaal…
Here they make an emergency landing in Siberia – with an Irish plane
▸ With 170 passengers on board, an Airbus 320 made an emergency landing in a field in Siberia on Tuesday morning, writes the Moscow Times. No one on board the…
They started a rebellion in Russia and fell like a bomb on the world agenda! Mass graves of the Wagner Group found in Siberia…
After the uprising organized by the Wagner mercenary group under the leadership of Prigojin, all eyes were on Russia. After the uprising that took place towards the end of June,…
Feast of the cold in La Brévine, Switzerland’s “little Siberia”
If you ask anyone what the coldest place in Switzerland is, most will say it’s probably on top of the Matterhorn, the country’s most famous mountain. But no need to…
Vladimir Putin inaugurates a new gas field in Siberia to export to China
In Russia, Vladimir Poutine launches the exploitation of a new gas field, Kovykta, located in Eastern Siberia. The Kremlin’s objective is to increase its gas exports to China. “ We…
“It’s cold in Siberia”: at the Bois d’Arcy prison, “unworthy” living conditions
A cell of nine square meters overcrowded with the personal belongings of three inmates, dirty and rusty collective showers, an artisanal stove placed on cans of soda, a kitchen whose…