Ingushetia
Ingushetia is one of Russia’s poorest and most restive regions. The ongoing military conflict in neighboring Chechnya has occasionally spilled into Ingushetia.
Ingushetia has been destabilized by corruption, a number of high-profile crimes including kidnapping and murder of civilians by government security forces, anti-government protests, attacks on soldiers and officers, Russian military excesses and a deteriorating human rights situation.
Lake Baikal
You wouldn’t catch me walking out on a frozen lake, let alone take the time to put some pretty cool art on there.
Lake Baikal is the most voluminous freshwater lake in the world, containing roughly 20% of the entire world’s unfrozen surface fresh water…
Baikal is also one of the clearest and oldest lakes in the world…
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