Russian diamond miner Alrosa has suspended work at its Inter underground mine, after several employees tested positive for Covid-19. Operations would be idled for one to two weeks, the company ...

Yakutia in northeastern Siberia is home to huge diamond deposits where the precious stones are mined in massive pits which have been dug deep into the permafrost. The Mir mine in Mirny is 525 ...

Russian investigators are probing an overrun incident involving an Angara Airlines Antonov An-148 at Mirny in the Sakha republic. The aircraft – provisionally identified as RA-61713 – landed ...