Simply put, Mongolia is an outdoor lover’s dream ... It is often referred to as “Lake Baikal’s younger sister” because of its similarity and proximity to Russia’s famous big lake.

and the Kremlin has been pressuring Mongolia to abandon the project. Meanwhile, Russia is moving ahead with its own hydropower projects on the Angara River, another tributary of Lake Baikal.

The waters of Russia’s Lake Baikal are contaminated with high levels of microscopic plastic particles and fibres that most likely come from packaging and fishing nets. Research published in ...