Eight miners are missing after a flood at Russia's largest diamond mine. Water leaked into an underground ... arrived at the scene. The town of Mirny in Yakutia has declared a state of emergency.

MIRNY /Yakutia/, August 15 ... Nyurbinsky open-pit mine was put into operation in 2001. Identified reserves of the diamond deposit under JORC as of January 1, 2015, amounted to 36.9 million ...

The cathedral has distinct decorations, which combine Russian and Florentine ... He said some 15 years ago visits to diamond mines had been restricted. The Mirny district in western Yakutia ...