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SOCIETY & LIFE
  BBC's 'sickening' horse documentary sparks viewer complaints
The shocking scenes were shown in a BBC Two documentary, in which the grand-niece of writer Leo Tolstoy travelled to Siberia to examine the lives of herders in the remote Yakutia region, who live on a diet of horse meat.
  When will ice roads be closed in Yakutia this spring?
This question was asked by a Russian TV crew, that plans to make a journey across Yakutia in the midst of April.
  Fur bras... for cows!
During a recent cold snap, residents of Yakutia were forced to become underwear designers for their cows.
  2009 Miss Virtual Yakutia
This time the online beauty contest winner is 16-year-old Lida Cherenova. She is the owner of the crown made especially by the Gold of Yakutia. Anastasia Sanitarova became Vice Miss, Lena Ochirova deserved the title "Miss Ona+".

NEWS ARCHIVE:
An earthquake measuring 5.3 points occurred // Jan. 27, 2009
Tu-154, An-24 make emergency landing due to engine troubles // Jan. 17, 2009
The large family of Yakutia awarded in Kremlin // Jan. 15, 2009
Arrested for gathering weed in extreme cold // Dec. 24, 2008
Temperatures could hit -68°C in northeast Siberia // Dec. 22, 2008
Rescuers evacuate all tourists entrapped under avalanche // Mar. 26, 2008
Fish and bread cause kindergarten evacuation // Mar. 13, 2008
Believed World's Oldest Sakha Woman Has Died // Mar. 12, 2008
Ultitek Implements New Website for Yakut Central Transport Agency // Mar. 05, 2008
In Artyk 11 houses left with disrupted heating supply // Jan. 04, 2008
Central heating to be re-started at nine dwelling houses in Markha // Jan. 03, 2008
Hundreds left without heating in Yakutia // Jan. 02, 2008
278 houses remain underflooded in Yakutia village // June 13, 2007
Hundreds of houses still inundated in a Yakut village // June 2, 2007
Helicopter evacuating children from Yakutia flooded village // May 24, 2007
Damage from floods in Yakutia estimated at 500 mln rbls // May 23, 2007
Over 1,000 dwelling houses flooded in two villages in Yakutia // May 22, 2007
2283 people evacuated in Tattinsky ulus // May 18, 2007
Floods in Yakutia force more people to leave their homes // May 17, 2007
Edeizy flooded totally, 1127 people evacuated // May 16, 2007
No casualties reported in flood in Yakutia // May 15, 2007
People evacuated across Yakutia amid floods // May 14, 2007
Emergency regime over hepatitis A virus // May 07, 2007
Spring flood water to turn Yakutsk into the little Atlantis // April 04, 2007
Young parliamentarians to arrange an international forum // April 04, 2007
The Pole of Cold Festival - 2007 // March 23, 2007
"Miss Virtual Yakutia" finalist proved to be male // Feb. 16, 2007
Annual extreme epiphany bathing // Jan. 20, 2007
Below -40?C on New Year's Holidays! // Dec. 29, 2006
Sardaana Syromyatnikova is Vice-Miss Russia 2006 // Dec. 16, 2006
Snowing in Yakutsk // Oct. 3, 2006
Two-week jam on Lena federal road // Sep. 22, 2006
Internet Festival on the occasion of the Day of Yakutsk // Sep. 2, 2006
The first snowfall in Nerungri // Sep. 1, 2006
Rainy August // Sep. 1, 2006
Young Yakutians is setting off for searching wrecked American war-planes // Aug. 29, 2006
Passenger jet veers off runway at Yakutsk airport, no one hurt // Aug. 24, 2006
Information centers have exchanged information // Aug. 24, 2006
Downpours increased the quantity of traffic accidents // Aug. 23, 2006
Childbirth above the Arctic Ocean // Aug. 16, 2006
Yakutian refugees from Lebanon // Aug. 13, 2006
Average earnings in Yakutia // Aug. 10, 2006
The Northern World Project has been developed // Aug. 7, 2006
Yakutian policemen joined International Police Association // July 21, 2006
A countrywoman has given birth in a motor boat // July 17, 2006
Yakutian Buryats are very active // July 7, 2006
Unhappy with fixed-to-mobile tariff // July 1, 2006
Floods spread to two more regions in Yakutia // June 13, 2006
A French Ethnographer Opened School for Nomads // April, 2006
Proud of Being a Woman February 29, 2006
Woman Congress Started February 28, 2006
An Unusual Vehicle in the Heart of Siberia // Feb. 18, 2006
Extreme swimming happened // January 19, 2006
Swimming Despite of Extreme Cold // January 18, 2006
Cold. Schools Closed. // January 17, 2006

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