Firefighters battle a forest fire in Russia's remote Irkutsk region, in Siberia, July 25, 2019. REUTERS Moscow-- Gigantic forest fires have regularly raged through the vast expanses of Russia's ...

The suburbs of Irkutsk gave way to grassy hills, which, as we gained altitude, grew thick with pine trees. The forest was a surprise. Not only was I not expecting it in Siberia but it also ...

On the banks of the Angara River lies the Siberian city of Irkutsk. The city was founded in 1661, pre-dating Petersburg by 42 years. At different times it was a merchant town that connected the ...

A patient armed with a knife and a gas canister attacked medical staff at a hospital in the Siberian city of Irkutsk on ...

A surprise Ukrainian drone attack that targeted Russian air bases hosting nuclear-capable strategic bombers was unprecedented in its scope and sophistication.

Irkutsk, a major industrial center of more than 600,000 in eastern Siberia, is home to an aircraft factory producing Su-30s, a supersonic twin-engine, two-seat fighter that has been a key ...

The Irkutsk region in Siberia had fires encompassing about 20,000 hectares (49,500 acres), the agency said. There were no immediate reports of deaths or residential damage in the sparsely ...

Oil production has recently changed in the eastern Siberia region. A massive natural gas project is being implemented by the Irkutsk Oil Company – the largest Russian independent non-publicly traded ...

The first MC-21-310 airliner made almost entirely with domestically produced components kicked-off its certification flight ...

Irkutsk, he notes, is farther from Moscow than New York is from London, and Russian involvement in Siberia is analogous to the British colonization of the New World.

The Paris of Siberia Irkutsk is one of the largest cities along the route. My companions and I did not have enough time to traverse the entire length of the Trans-Siberian, so we decided to only ...