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The faction of the A Just Russia party intends to raise the issue of the safety of Lake Baikal, which, according to deputies, is threatened by the river, which originates in Mongolia. Deputy Oleg Nilov told reporters in parliament about this, a Politnvigator correspondent reports. “The protection of Baikal could be seriously reduced so that in Mongolia, which supplies this purest water to Baikal through the Selenga River...
The largest neutrino telescope in the northern hemisphere, Baikal-GVD, began work today on Lake Baikal. This was reported by the official website of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We will all understand together how the Universe works, we will read the history of the Universe, how galaxies were born,” said the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Valery Falkov at the telescope launch ceremony. The telescope, installed at the bottom of Lake Baikal,…
This year, interest in holidays on Lake Baikal was so high that charter flights were organized to the region for the first time. The head of Rostourism, Zarina Doguzova, stated this in an interview with journalist Nadezhda Strelets, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Doguzova, charters to Altai and Kaliningrad also appeared, while there was special interest in Baikal among potential investors.…
The weather is beautiful in Irkutsk, the ancient capital of Siberia! The sun is baking, even Baikal has warmed up, but in the shade you can already feel the harsh eternal cold. Moscow, Delhi, Hanoi and Kamchatka, the Arctic and Indian oceans are equidistant from Irkutsk. This is the heart of Eurasia, the real Shambhala, it will survive after any wars and epidemics. Not a single enemy will reach here. Its construction is...
The Irkutsk region of Russia has announced ambitious plans for economic development - large-scale industrialization in the next five years. The region plans to attract hundreds of billions of rubles of investment, create about 16 thousand jobs and open 100 new enterprises. Communist governor of the Irkutsk region Sergei Levchenko said this, speaking at the fourth annual Baikal Business Forum, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. As part of its…
Buryatia and the Trans-Baikal Territory were transferred from the Siberian Federal District to the Far Eastern Federal District. The corresponding decree was announced today by President Vladimir Putin. At the end of October, the acting governor of Transbaikalia, Alexander Osipov, at a meeting with Putin, asked to extend Far Eastern benefits to the region. State Duma Deputy Yuri Volkov explains that now Buryatia and Transbaikalia will receive more economic preferences. "WITH…
On August 19, the first stone will be laid in Irkutsk for the construction of a new airport, which is designed to become a modern “air gate” to Baikal - the tourist flow to the unique lake is showing annual growth. The project cost of the airport is 7 billion rubles, said the head of the Irkutsk region, Sergei Levchenko. According to the governor, the new terminal will be built at the expense of investors, but will remain in...
The special economic zone “Gates of Baikal” should attract a number of large investors by 2027 and turn Russia’s largest lake into a center of world tourism, said the governor of the Irkutsk region, Sergei Levchenko. “Currently, 7 resident companies with a total investment volume of over 2 billion rubles are registered in the special economic zone. It is planned that by 2027, 631 workers will be created...
A new ski resort will be built on Lake Baikal, said the governor of the Irkutsk region, Sergei Levchenko, in his investment message. “I believe that the development of alpine skiing in the city of Baikalsk represents a significant prospect for attracting more tourists to the region, including within the framework of the activities of the special economic zone. I instruct the Ministry of Sports of the Irkutsk Region to develop an appropriate program,” he said. By…
Media claims that Baikal is dying are greatly exaggerated. Director of the Research Institute of Biology of Irkutsk State University Maxim Timofeev stated this today at a press conference in Moscow Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “What the media say about the death of Baikal, about the swamping of Baikal, is greatly exaggerated situation. Our institute claims that Baikal...
The Irkutsk region is one of the few regions of the Russian Federation where, thanks to the competition of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and “United Russia,” intrigue was maintained during the past State Duma elections. How does life in the Angara region, led by a communist governor, differ from the rest of Russia? When will resorts appear on Lake Baikal that are not inferior to the Olympic towns of Sochi? The governor of the Irkutsk region, Sergei Levchenko, spoke about this in an interview with PolitNavigator. Year…
Kyiv, March 30 (PolitNavigator, Maxim Karpenko) – The youngest son of Viktor Yanukovych could have been killed deliberately. Ex-People's Deputy from the Party of Regions Taras Chernovol, who headed Yanukovych's election headquarters during the Orange Revolution, stated this on air on the ICTV channel. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte Chernovol assures that Yanukovych Jr. could have been used as a way to put pressure on his father,...
Moscow - Kyiv, March 27 (PolitNavigator, Mikhail Stamm) - Viktor Yanukovych Jr. confidently drove his car into a dangerous place in Lake Baikal, where one should not go, Novaya Gazeta reports in its investigation of his death. Local guides could have warned him, but he did not take them with him. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte Yanukovych went on the ice just...
Kyiv, March 22 (PolitNavigator, Alexandra Ignatieva) – Footage of the possible death of the son of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych Jr. appeared on the WorldNews YouTube channel. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte As Russian media write, the video recorded a car falling through the ice, and also captured people lying on the ice who escaped. As reported...
