Mongolia believed that hosting the Russian leader was in line with its national interests ... a tributary of the Selenge River, 580 km upstream from Lake Baikal, ...

Mongolia is an outdoor lover’s dream — and Lake Khovsgol National Park is the perfect place to soak it all in. Here's how to plan your trip.

Planned and existing dam infrastructure in the Russian Federation and Mongolia affecting Lake Baikal water regime; UNESCO Extra-Budgetary Funds until 2024. N/A. International Assistance: requests for ...

Despite including the word “state” in its name, this entity was initially created as an “autonomous” constituent of Russia that included the lands of Buryat tribes on either side of Lake Baikal but ...

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 ...

Frozen water isn’t nearly as flat as you might imagine, which becomes an issue when you’re crossing 160km of it on a bicycle. Around me, huge, fractured slabs of Lake Khovsgol, in its solid ...

Russian explorers plunged to the bed of the world's deepest lake on Tuesday in a show of Moscow's resurgent scientific ambitions, but had to withdraw a claim to have set a new record.

Mongolia, one of the world’s most sparsely-populated countries, is being squeezed economically by China and Russia, its two giant neighbours, which have historically dominated its vast landmass.

The independent news site Ludi Baikala (People of Lake Baikal) calculated that between 6,000 and 7,000 people are likely to be mobilised, out of a total population of 978,000.

It is Mongolia’s largest freshwater lake by volume, and the second largest by area – after Lake Baikal, its sister lake. Located 1,645 metres above sea level, and 136 kilometres long and 262 metres ...

Khuvsgul Lake in Mongolia holds nearly 70 per cent of the country’s freshwater or 0.4 percent of the world’s total. ... which connects to the Selenge and ultimately flows into Lake Baikal. 2.