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Parts of Russia are canceling New Year's parties to redirect funds to the war in Ukraine
In Sakha, Russia's largest region, public institutions will not hold lavish celebrations, local outlet Yakutia 24 reported.
World’s largest diamond mine where harsh conditions force mining to…; its located in…, not South Africa, China, US, India, Australia
The Aykhal diamond mine, which sits the near the remote Aykhal settlement in Sakha Republic in Siberia, is run by Russia's ...
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Russia’s largest-ever 100-carat diamond unveiled
Alrosa, a Russian group of diamond mining companies specializing in exploration, mining, manufacturing, and the sale of ...
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Russia’s Sakha Republic in Siberia bans Halloween celebrations at schools
TASS/. The Ministry of Education and Science of Russia’s Sakha (Yakutia) Republic has distributed a letter to the Siberian region’s public schools and other institutions stipulating that ...
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Russia's 'catastrophic' missing men problem
In the remote far north of Russia and along the Mongolia border, in the regions of Sakha and Buryatia, mobilization rates were up to six times higher than in Russia's European regions, according ...