Rivers without Boundaries

Patriotic Baikal Seals Parade on WWII Victory Day

Irkutsk “Nerpanarium” (Baikal Seal Aquarium) offers a patriotic seal show. Trained Baikal Lake seals wear military berets, hold guns, flags while “marching” and performing mine clearance. “The patriotic military show is open for admission year round. Among visitors we have had veterans and those who were involved in local conflicts. …

Vladimir Putin promised to deal with Mongolian hydropower ?

This was allegedly promised by President of the Russian Federation during Media Forum United National Front in St. Petersburg reports Buriatia Business Portal . On April 25-28, St. Petersburg hosted the second Media Forum of the All-Russian People’s Front. At the forum held a plenary session with Vladimir Putin, during …

50000-strong petition to save Lake Baikal from Mongolian hydro plan

press-release "The sun and the wind have to save Baikal," say 55,000 citizens of various countries that have signed an appeal to the President of Russia, Mongolia, China and the World Bank. This is among the largest online international environment issue petitions Russia has seen and aims to save Lake …

Mongolia’s nationalistic officials -present clear threat to their own country and its neighbors

The following is an interview with the Head of the Policy Implementation Department of the Ministry of Energy of Mongolia Ts.Bayarbaatar about various hydro power plant projects and international responsibilies of his country. On March 30-31 Ts.Bayarbaatar took part in negotiations with Russia at which Mongolia refused to make open …

Professor Mackay: Shuren dam in Mongolia may be the most important threat to Selenga river delta

  Anson Mackay, Professor of Environmental Change at UCL (UK), conducts research on detecting pollution in Lake Baikal and the Selenga River. His short article “Lake Baikal: incredible ecosystem threatened by Mongolian dam and pipeline” shows how new dam initiatives of Mongolia may drastically exacerbate already existing problems of unique …

RwB Mongolia Explains the Reasons for Compliant to the World Bank Inspection on Selenge Basin Dams

Ulaanbaatar – Today Rivers without Boundaries Mongolia addressed domestic and international media with the following message. In mid-February, community representatives from Russia and Mongolia – along with several of environmental and human rights NGOs – submitted a request for an investigation to the World Bank’s independent accountability arm, the Inspection …