Russia's environment watchdog said on Thursday that it had filed a lawsuit against a power business owned by mining giant Norilsk Nickel to claim 148 billion roubles ($1.96 billion) for environmental ...

MOSCOW, Oct 19 (Reuters) - A Russian court on Monday sentenced the former mayor of the Arctic city of Norilsk to six months of community service after finding him guilty of negligence over a major ...

The U.S. and other western countries have issued sanctions on Russian oil exports since 2022. The Planet Money team explains how the country's shadow fleet of aging oil tankers evades policing.

Despite sanctions from the West, tankers linked to Russia are continuing to leak oil in European waters, polluting the environment and leaving oil slicks near the continent. A joint investigation by ...