The Chukotka peninsula is Russia's most northeastern expanse, stretching into the Bering Strait less than 100 kilometers from Alaska. Travel to the sparsely populated region is usually restricted for ...

Russia's far east is the site of an experiment in government and social development led by Roman Abramovich, billionaire businessman and owner of Chelsea football club. Zygmunt Dzieciolowski, who has ...

The small local population of this isolated region lives in little villages scattered over the vast tundra, which is full of blossoming and fragrant flowers in the summer and immersed in endless night ...

An analysis by the publication If byt'chnom has identified the Russian regions with the highest levels of alcohol consumption ...

Chukotka is located at the north-eastern tip of Russia and Eurasia. It is one of the most isolated places in the world. The small local population lives in little villages scattered over the vast ...

Scientists from St Petersburg University as part of a research team have studied bones of hadrosaurid dinosaurs, or duck-billed dinosaurs, found in Chukotka. They were able to confirm that 66 million ...

Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire and owner of Chelsea FC, today bowed out of Russian politics when he resigned as governor of the frozen far-eastern province of Chukotka. Abramovich stepped ...

MOSCOW, July 3. /TASS/. More than 150,000 tons of fuel and lubricants will be delivered to Chukotka under the Norther Supplies program in 2025. Chukotka is a pilot region to test a single marine ...

IT IS EASY to forget—if you ever knew—that Russia and the United States are less than three miles apart, across the icy waters of the Bering Strait (see map). From America’s Little Diomede Island, ...

Officials in the Arctic region of Chukotka have implored Roman Abramovich, the billionaire proprietor of Chelsea Football Club, not to abandon the region 10 days after he quit as governor. 14 July ...