First he was sent to Norilsk, in the Russian Arctic ... when Stalin's successor Nikita Khrushchev declared an amnesty for Gulag prisoners, in the post-Stalin "thaw". He stayed in Magadan, where ...

Norilsk Nickel, the world's leading nickel and palladium producer, said it had paid the fine on Wednesday. The fuel spill last May saw 21,000 tonnes of diesel pour from one of the company's ...