Gold mining at former Stalin prisoners’ camps in Russia still attracts hundreds

By Cecilia Jamasmie

Russia’s Magadan region, also known as Kolyma, is a name that evokes Stalin-era Gulag camps for a generation, where prisoners were forced to mine for gold.

This region of the Russian Far East, about 6,000 km from Moscow, holds one of the country’s most rich bullion reserves and has helped Russia attain its …read more