https://www.scmp.com/rss/502295/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Religion The moment the earth rumbles, prayers stop and the holy man – icicles in his beard and an icon of Saint Innokenti at his chest – pricks up his ears. Eyes widen and search the horizon. Processional crosses freeze in mid-air. A rumble across the open ice grows louder, seems to come closer, then subsides and eventually falls silent. “Harmless,” says one of the nine parishioners, voice echoing into the sudden silence. “Are you sure?” asks another. Archpriest Yevgeny Starcev, the 55-year-old... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3030412/russias-lake-baikal-fears-chinese-takeover?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3030412/russias-lake-baikal-fears-chinese-takeover?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Sep 2019 03:00:08 +0000