In this digest, we will tell you about the biggest beach complex with swimming pools in Russia set to open in Moscow, the development of a tourist center in the largest special economic zone of Russia, the Altai region, and about a transcontinental flight in the largest hot air balloon in Russia

The United States on Thursday sanctioned Russia's steel and mining company Severstal and 15 other entities, the Treasury Department said

Denis Chernyshenko/Tim Korso - Sputnik visited Russia's northern Vologda Region to find an abandoned ancient town of Charonda

Russia's Kuzbass region has announced on Tuesday that an experimental initiative to establish quotas on harmful emissions has begun in Novokuznetsk, as part of a federal project to improve air quality in the city

Russian plants may disclose data on air emissions, currently classified as a commercial secret, and submit it to scientists so they can create models on how to improve air quality in cities that are part of the "Fresh Air" project, Deputy Director of the Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory (MGO), a part of federal weather agency Rosgidromet, Sergey Chicherin, told Sputnik