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A passenger train starts, with a green carriage which is believed to transport 30 people who were arrested over a Greenpeace protest at the Prirazlomnaya oil rig seen in the train formation, in Murmansk on the way to St. Petersburg, November 11, 2013.

Greenpeace activist tells of life in a Russian prison

Conflict & Justice

On September 19th, Russian journalist Andrey Allakhverdov was aboard the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise protesting at an Arctic oil rig, when Russian authorities arrested the entire crew. His letters from a prison in Murmansk tell a story of uncertainty, yet reasonable treatment.

Meteorite Explodes Above Russia’s Ural Mountains

Environment

Expedition Across Frozen Siberian Frontier

Arts, Culture & Media

Sacred Sea

The World

Geo answer

Environment
The World

Geo answer

Arts, Culture & Media

The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia’s far east. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with David Quammen who wrote about this remote area ?where salmon rule? for this month’s National Geographic.

The World

Putin takes a dive

Global Politics

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has dived in a tiny submarine to the bottom of the world’s deepest lake � Lake Baikal in Siberia. Anchor Marco Werman has details.

The World

The end of the Volga

Arts, Culture & Media

In just a few weeks an icon of the Soviet Union will roll off the assembly line for the last time. The Volga sedan once ruled the road in Russia. The World’s Laura Lynch brings us this report from the streets of Moscow.

The World

Probing Lake Baikal

Environment

Host Marco Werman gets the latest on a manned submarine expedition to the bottom of Russia’s Lake Baikal, the deepest freshwater lake in the world, and Marco also speaks with Peter Thomson, who visited Lake Baikal to write a book about the place.