Buryatia, which borders Mongolia, is the second-hardest hit region in Russia during this year’s wildfire season, with some 53,000 hectares (131,000 acres) currently burning. Only the neighboring ...

MOSCOW, May 29. /TASS/. The year-round mining ban effective until 2031 will be introduced in Buryatia and the Trans-Baikal Region in the near time, Russian Energy Minister Sergey Tsivilyov said.