As the annual UN climate conference (COP29) takes place in Baku, RFE/RL presents exclusive coverage of environmental issues that are often underreported from regions that are often overlooked.

The Volga River is the largest river in Europe by length and discharge, flowing entirely within Russia for about 3,530 km ...

December 8, 2024: All is well on the Caspian Sea exit. In 2023 Russia brought in dredging equipment for a major, and overdue, dredging of the heavily used Volga-Don Canal that enables ships to get ...

One person was killed and infrastructure was damaged in southern Russia's Saratov region after an air raid alert for drones was issued, regional governor Roman Busargin said early ...

Russia's Syzran oil refinery on the Volga River halted oil processing on December 5 after being damaged by a Ukrainian drone attack, two industry sources said on Tuesday.

Two people were killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian industrial city of Saratov on the Volga River, according to official reports on Saturday.Several apartments in a building were hit in ...