We traveled to Prokopyevsk, a small town in the Kemerovo (Kuzbass) region of Siberia, Russia, to explore life in early 2025.
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Is anyone actually living out here?

In the Altai Mountains, Siberia, Russia, no clear signs of settlement appear in the wide valley. Water and land dominate the space. The isolation feels complete.
Scientists thawed the ancient sample from the Alazeya River in northeastern Siberia, and to their surprise, the creature woke ...
All he needed to do was sign a contract to serve for a year in the Russian military’s drone force. The incentives did not end there. Upon his return to university after serving, he would receive free ...
Russia signaled it could resume supplying natural gas to Europe if surplus volumes remain, even as the EU moves toward a full ban and continues to rely heavily on Russian LNG in the near term.
Historical parallels between Ivan the Terrible’s Oprichnina & modern Russian governance, examining the shift from reform to ...
A Russian online platform is currently broadcasting a series of documentaries entitled ‘The Living Word’, dedicated to great figures of Orthodoxy who were killed in the years following the ...
In September 2023, Russian national Igor Boichenko swam across a river and crossed a minefield to enter Ukraine from Russia. Boichenko was one of thousands of Russians who came to Ukraine that month.
Dasho’s fine brown face, his dark eyes and long black hair, are haloed by the white glow of the sphere behind him. ‘Do you ...
Antony Beevor says Rasputin was a historically important figure who accelerated the demise of the Romanov dynasty ...