Bone-chilling winter temperatures. Sub-Arctic taiga forests as far as the eye can see. Blinding clouds of mosquitos. Vast deposits of diamonds, gold, and other minerals.
RFE/RL: Russia is burning. Here’s what you need to know
Cars drive down a road covered with smoke from nearby forest fires between the village of Magaras and the city of Yakutsk, in the republic of Sakha, Siberia, on July 27, 2021.
