Irkutsk was a name I've only seen before on RISK. Yes, the board game. And I had to trawl the internet to find out how it's pronounced (for the record, it's err-KOOT-sk). So how did I end up in this ...

In the past, eastern Siberia had to rely mostly on coal for its energy supply. Now, Irkutsk Oil has begun plans to utilise the region’s gas reserves Irkutsk Oil’s oil treatment facility in eastern ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The 75th anniversary of the large hydroelectric power station commissioned by Stalin, still the second largest in Russia, was celebrated. Since the 18th century, Orthodox missionaries had started ...

MOSCOW — As the death toll from people drinking bath lotion passes into the dozens, Russian officials declared a state of emergency in the Siberian city of Irkutsk on Monday. The death toll has been ...

Irkutsk Polymer Plant, a subsidiary of Irkutsk Oil, has let a contract to Toyo Engineering to build a grassroots ethylene-polyethylene plant in Ust-Kut, in the Irkutsk Region of East Siberia. As part ...

It may sound like something out of The Bible, but this month, a Siberian region was invaded by venomous vipers shortly after being struck by the worst flooding in the area for 180 years. The floods in ...

IRKUTSK, Russia -- Rights activists are questioning official reports that an inmate committed suicide after he was found dead in a prison in Russia's Siberian region of Irkutsk. Relatives of Adygzhy ...