Russia halted peace talks with Japan after Tokyo imposed sanctions on Moscow following the launch of its full-scale invasion ...

A court in Russia’s Far East Kamchatka Peninsula on Monday sentenced Vladimir Yefimov, the head of the local branch of the liberal opposition party Yabloko, to an additional two years in prison for ...

PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, October 22. /TASS/. The eruption of the Bezymyanny volcano on Russia's Kamchatka peninsula began at 08:22 local time (23:22 Moscow time on Wednesday), a spokesman for the ...

This story appears in the August 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. The Kamchatka Peninsula, rugged and remote, is a vast blade of land stabbing southwestward through cold seas from the ...

PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, January 12. /TASS/. A space object believed to be a meteor has been spotted in the sky over Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, videos of the object shooting across the night ...

The Valdivian Earthquake, or the Great Chilean Earthquake, is the largest on record. It measured in at a magnitude of 9.5.

There’s a remote island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that most people have never heard of. Once part of the Russian ...

As relations between the US and Russia come under increased international focus, we explore a windswept, geologically tumultuous island whose history has been shaped by both nations. Situated ...

That paradox applies to Kronotsky Zapovednik, a remote nature reserve on the east side of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, along the Pacific coast a thousand miles north of Japan. It's a splendorous ...

IUCN is also working on a project entitled “World Natural Heritage Territories in Russia and Ecological Tourism”. A staff member of the UNESCO Office Moscow participated in an intersectorial mission ...

The development of inter–regional air service is a priority for Russia. The flight program between Sakhalin Island and the Kamchatka Peninsula is an extremely important means of communication between ...

Mount Spurr, located about 75 miles West of Anchorage, has been acting up in recent weeks, prompting officials at the U.S.