Place: European Russia

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Book review: The House of the Dead

While Siberian gulags will forever be associated with the Soviet era, Neil Robinson finds that the Tsars were the first to send their people on the long march across the Steppes.

Sat, 20 Aug, 2016

Journey to the Orient

Xanadu

Mon, 21 Sep, 2009

Russia reports new outbreak of bird flu

A new bird flu outbreak has been recorded in a Siberian region that was hit by the disease last summer, officials said today.

Thu, 27 Oct, 2005

Thai boy’s recovery helps to calm bird flu pandemic fears

A THAI boy tested positive for bird flu yesterday, but doctors said he was recovering and there was no sign he caught the virus from his infected father who died earlier this week, calming fears of a human pandemic.

Sat, 22 Oct, 2005

China, Russia and Romania report fresh cases of bird flu

PRELIMINARY tests on fowl from a region south of Moscow where hundreds of birds died suddenly detected the H5N1 strain of bird flu, Russia’s Agriculture Ministry said yesterday.

Thu, 20 Oct, 2005