Radiation, chemical and biological forces tackle two million tonnes of toxic chemical waste with huge mercury stockpile and oil poisons.
Human - and political - toll is rising, just like the floodwater from the Amur River
Vladimir Putin admits the Russian Far East is 'taking a beating' from the worst-ever floods
Calamitous toll of flooding hits homes of almost 100,000 people with the worst still to come
Greenpeace defies ban and sails its icebreaker into Arctic waters in protest over oil drilling
Besieged city of Khabarovsk faces another ten days before reaching the peak of flooding nightmare
The greatest railway on Earth runs on time in regions hit by worst floods in recorded history
City of Khabarovsk faces evacuation of tens of thousands if Amur River keeps rising
The great bear escape - animals and people evacuated from the worst floods in 120 years
The loyal dog who guarded his home against the rising tide of flood water
Bears as well as people are evacuated from the worst floods in 120 years in Eastern Russia
Toxic fuel from 21,000 ton leak reaches pristine lake, bypassing floating booms, as rivers of diesel pollution cover-up is exposed.
Immediate public audit of a high risk waste storage in Russia is urged.
Ecologists from several countries lost battle to poachers who caught an endangered dark-feathered bird.
Pictures prove the gruesome fate of reindeer 'to meet demands for traditional medicines in China and South Korea'.
Vital for making its waters so 'pure', one theory is that rising underwater methane leaks are killing off the sponge, but is there a silver lining?
One region alone - Yakutia - has 5 million tons scrap metal dumped in polar regions, an ugly Soviet legacy.