Tag Archives : Siberia

‘The Arctic is the most sensitive area of the planet to climate change. While global average temperature has risen by around 0.8 degrees, some parts of Siberia, the frontiers of the world, have warmed by as much as 5 or 6.’ Now, the ground freezes here behind usual schedule. It now freezes later and later in the year. In some areas, the ground [...]

Olesya Mostovschikova, living in Irkutsk in Siberia, repeatedly hit her friend whom she was out rowing with earlier in the day. She then proceeded to carve portions of her cadaver, roasted them in the oven, and ate heartily – all these witnessed by her seven-year-old son, from the murder to the feast. She has been arrested. In her testimony to the [...]

The mention of the word Siberia reminds you of a desolate and cold place which is covered in permafrost year round. Strangely, this assumption is not only false but also unwarranted and unjust. Siberia is a unique land that signifies prosperity, freedom and wide open spaces. It has so much greenery and lakes that you would probably not think of any [...]