The Arktiktelecom Company, the project s operator, told TASS the line had been laid from the village of Kirovo to the neighboring Vilyuysky District into the village of Zhigansk
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Extremely frigid weather with temperatures at about minus 50 degrees Celsius has set in in Batagai, Verkhoyansk, Zhigansk, Kyusyur, Oymyakon, Polyarny, Ust-Nera and Ytyk-Kyuel
Alrosa Donates $11.5m to Social Fund February 21, 21 by John Jeffay
(IDEX Online) - Alrosa says it has allocated $11.5m this year towards a social fund for residents in Yakutia (Republic of Sakha), one of its main areas of operation.
The money will go towards building new cultural, educational, healthcare, a
nd sports facilities, as well as environmental protection.
The Russian state-owned miner, which has open-pit, underground mining a
nd alluvial operations in the region, says it is also contributing $2m towards providing clean water clean water for residents of the Vilyui group of districts a
nd the settlement of Zhigansk.