Lake Baikal, an enormous body of water ... one could say that traveling through Russia is essentially a journey to see birch trees. Birch trees have an aristocratic appearance.

January in Russia conjures up images of Muscovites crunching through the snow in bulky coats -- not bunches of delicate ...

Irkutsk is also the door to spectacular Lake Baikal. Sofia Buntovskaya has nothing but praise for the lake and its pure and perfectly clear water. Her love for this natural Siberian jewel made the ...

Part two of a two-part documentary about Lake Baikal, the oldest (25 million years) and deepest (1,700 m) lake in the world. The film aims to raise awareness of the fragility of its ecosystem.

And that’s the world water roundup. We focus this week on another great body of water – this one in Russia, where Siberian authorities have suspended construction of a controversial bottling plant on ...