Irkutsk was a name I've only seen before on RISK. Yes, the board game. And I had to trawl the internet to find out how it's pronounced (for the record, it's err-KOOT-sk). So how did I end up in this ...

Russia’s MS-21 aircraft test marks a historic aviation milestone, as the first fully domestically-produced passenger jet successfully completes its flight in Siberia’s Irkutsk. Developed by the United ...

Russian authorities have banned the regional carrier Angara Airlines from operating commercial passenger flights starting ...

In the past, eastern Siberia had to rely mostly on coal for its energy supply. Now, Irkutsk Oil has begun plans to utilise the region’s gas reserves Irkutsk Oil’s oil treatment facility in eastern ...

A Russian Tu-22M3 bomber crashed in Irkutsk Oblast of Siberia due to a malfunction, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Aug. 15. The crew managed to eject. No damages or casualties were reported, as ...

Korean Air has said that it will resume its service between Incheon International Airport, Seoul and Irkutsk, one of the largest cities in Siberia, known for its continental architecture and gateway ...

Irkutsk Polymer Plant, a subsidiary of Irkutsk Oil, has let a contract to Toyo Engineering to build a grassroots ethylene-polyethylene plant in Ust-Kut, in the Irkutsk Region of East Siberia. As part ...

It may sound like something out of The Bible, but this month, a Siberian region was invaded by venomous vipers shortly after being struck by the worst flooding in the area for 180 years. The floods in ...

MOSCOW, April 14 (Reuters) - Russia's Irkutsk Oil Company is ready to resist any takeover attempts by its deal-hungry bigger rivals, believing its small size helps it to manage its far-flung fields in ...

IRKUTSK, Russia -- Rights activists are questioning official reports that an inmate committed suicide after he was found dead in a prison in Russia's Siberian region of Irkutsk. Relatives of Adygzhy ...

Baikal Blockchain & Crypto Summit 2020 is an international innovation forum, which has a 9-year history in Russia, and for the second year in a row Siberia was chosen as the venue of the event. The ...