The inhabitants of Bingi, a small village in the Ural region, experienced a bad surprise. In their neighborhood, a cyanide plant is going to be built. The people in Bingi are standing up against this and demonstrating that the times where Russian authorities can do easily whatever they want without expecting resistance from the population are over. A report by Stefan Bernhardt

The opinion that climate change will not only bring disadvantages but also advantages to Russia remains present even today. Global warming will hit Siberia especially hard, but could climate change really mean something positive for Russia? A background article by Stefan Bernhardt

The trash is thrown out unsorted and the stove is used as a heater; since the Russian withdrawal from the UNO Climate Conference in Durban in December 2011, Russia is apparently less active in the area of environmental protection than ever before. The Russian-German office for environmental information, RNEI, wants to change that and hits a nerve especially with young city dwellers. A report by Carina Huppertz

Climate change is not a topic that enjoys popular attention in Russia, although it will have a serious impact on Siberia and through that on the Russian environment. Maybe the consequences of climate change are not very important to Russians because the current environmental problems are already affecting the people today. A background article by Stefan Bernhardt